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'The mole on my tummy was not cancer, but the spot on my nose was'
I never miss a check-up, even ‘embarrassing' ones, and I'm first in line for a flu shot. Every ache and pain has me calling my GP, convinced that it's cancer, says JO ELVIN.
1 day ago - Daily Mail
Congress has pledged $1 billion to find one in 5 years - but health directors say it's not possible
Last spring, Congress pledged $1bn to making a universal flu shot by 2023. Dr Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the NIH, said the funds are needed but a universal...
1 day ago - Daily Mail
'This flu season is not mild': 19,000 people have been killed by the virus, health directors say
On Saturday, leaders at the NIH and CDC raised the alarm, saying the flu is ‘much harder to prevent than measles' but insisted that even the least effective vaccines will...
1 day ago - Daily Mail - 2 articles
The best natural ways to prevent the flu
The flu season is still in effect, and while the vaccine-pushing media claims a vaccine is the only way to stop the flu, there are actually far more effective ways to...
1 day ago - Natural News - 2 articles
Early flu treatment associated with 30% lower mortality from H3N2
Early treatment with oseltamivir was associated with a 30% lower mortality rate compared with later treatment in patients with influenza A during eight recent influenza seasons...
2 days ago - Healio
WATCH: CDC: Flu vaccine is 47 percent effective
The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
3 days ago - ABC News - 3 articles
They've Taken America's Temperature - and It's Running High
Data from Kinsa, which makes internet-connected smart thermometers, indicates it's a bad year for colds, but not the flu.
3 days ago - NY Times
Flu Shot Effectiveness Numbers Out for Current Season
CDC also updates totals for deaths, hospitalizations for "low severity" season
3 days ago - MedPageToday
Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Under 50%, Low-Severity Season: CDC
Interim estimates put overall adjusted vaccine effectiveness for all influenza virus infection related to medically attended acute respiratory illness at 47% so far this...
3 days ago - Medscape - 3 articles
Flu Shot Much More Effective This Year, CDC Says
This year's flu vaccine offers 47 percent protection against all circulating strains, according to researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3 days ago - Web MD - 3 articles
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