Where to get a flu shot (Winchester Star)
Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). In humans, common symptoms of influenza are fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly in young children and the elderly. Sometimes confused with the common cold, influenza is a much more severe disease and is caused by a different type of virus. Although nausea and vomiting can be produced, especially in children,[1] these symptoms are more characteristic of the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu."
Where to get a flu shot (Winchester Star)
Winchester — The Centers for Disease Control recommends flu shots for pregnant women, people 50 years of age and older, people of any age with certain chronic medical conditions, people who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, people who live with or care for those at high risk for complications.
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VNA offering immunizations at many sites across area (Farmington Observer)
Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan will offer immunizations at a variety of sites around Oakland County. Flu shots are $25; pneumonia shots are $40. Medicare, HAP, Priority Health, Blue Care Network, cash or check payable to VNAHSS accepted. For weekly listings, call the VNA Flu-Busters automated Hotline at (800) 296-8660 or visit www.vna.org. Homebound service is also available. ...
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Health events (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
It's time to make appointments for flu shots, or try stroke and cardiovascular screenings.
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The most influential US conservatives: 81-100 (Daily Telegraph)
The 100 most influential US conservatives: 100-81
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Splurge on health care needs before flex accounts expire (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) — If you're among the one in five Americans working for a large employer who has socked away dollars in a health care flexible spending account, now could be the time to go out and splurge.
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Getting a flu shot can be less of a pain — timewise (Winchester Star)
Winchester — You can buy a gallon of milk, a bottle of shampoo, and get your flu shot at the same place.
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Where to get a flu shot (Winchester Star)
The most famous and lethal outbreak was the so-called Spanish flu pandemic (type A influenza, H1N1 subtype), which lasted from 1918 to 1919. Older estimates say it killed 40–50 million people while current estimates say 50 million to 100 million people worldwide were killed. This pandemic has been described as "the greatest medical holocaust in history" and may have killed as many people as the Black Death. This huge death toll was caused by an extremely high infection rate of up to 50% and the extreme severity of the symptoms, suspected to be caused by cytokine storms. Indeed, symptoms in 1918 were so unusual that initially influenza was misdiagnosed as dengue, cholera, or typhoid. One observer wrote, "One of the most striking of the complications was hemorrhage from mucous membranes, especially from the nose, stomach, and intestine. Bleeding from the ears and petechial hemorrhages in the skin also occurred." The majority of deaths were from bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection caused by influenza, but the virus also killed people directly, causing massive hemorrhages and edema in the lung.
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