Flu Education Materials / Teaching Aids

What a difference a week makes!!!!! The flu is everywhere!! If not in your city yet, don’t worry…it’s coming!!!

I am a bit amused at the news coverage for the flu this year. It has officially reached “crazy!” I mean, the flu does happen every winter and by looking at the news coverage it seems that no one recalls that…everyone seems to have a memory problem! The picture has certainly changed over the past three weeks.  Last week, was week one (as the CDC likes to count them) and we saw the U.S. in [...]

Flu is Heating Up Across the U.S. – Traveling Over the Holidays? Wash Hands Often, Don’t Touch Your Face and Be Careful of Those Planes!

It is the holidays – time for lots of parties, get-togethers, family gatherings and travel!  All of those things that flu viruses love! The flu is heating up across the U.S.  The CDC issues a weekly update appropriately titled “Flu Weekly” that lets us know how the illness is progressing across this great land – and just in town for the holidays it has really kicked in. There are two maps to check out with [...]

Got Flu? Get App! The Word of App Technology Comes to Your Aid When Your Are Ill…There’s An App For That!

Well it turns out that Apps can do a lot more than keep your company while you are laying in your sick bed….they can give you medical advice! And as flu season heats up, an app may help diagnosis you! For a medical app that covers a plethora of icky illnesses, WebMD is probably your best bet (free for iPhone, iPad and Android). It’s jammed with data, and can present it to you in a [...]

Flu Season is Upon Us…Where Do You Go For Up-To-Date Information. Check Out the CDC Flu Weekly Site and Subscribe! Cool!

I always know that flu season is upon us when I get my first email from “Flu Weekly” from the CDC…oh happy day! Flu Season is from November – April although as of today, we have cases already in many parts of the United States. If you would like to “follow along” with the season, I would recommend that you sign up for the weekly missive from the CDC entitled “Flu Weekly” and just as [...]

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