Flu Spread / Statistics

New Strain of Bird Flu H7N9 Kills Two and Critically Sickens Another in China

What a thing to come out on April Foods day!  The official Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported that two people in China have died and another remains critical after falling ill with a strain of bird flu not detected before in humans. Both of those who died, men aged 27 and 87, lived in Shanghai, while a 35-year-old woman in Chuzhou city in nearby Anhui province is in the hospital, the Chinese National Health [...]

Feeling Better?!? Google Flu Trends Are “Trending Down.” Still Lots of #Flu Out There…Be Vigilant With Cough/Hand Hygiene #SMEM

Yes, there is still lots of flu out there but are now trending down well.  CDC will be issuing their “Flu Weekly” report on Friday that will offer laboratory confirmation. http://www.google.org/flutrends/us/#US

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 [...]

Page 1 of 2412345...1020...Last »