Cold and Flu - Page 40

February 12, 2018

CDC says at least 63 children have died of flu so far this season

This flu season has no signs of letting up as the number of hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise, officials said.

February 7, 2018

Dr. Marc Siegel: Yes, you CAN get the flu twice

Patients often ask me: Can I get the flu twice in one season?

February 7, 2018

Physician: We need a universal flu vaccine -- No more excuses

This flu season, which is still inflicting misery and debility on much of the country, is ominous. The statistics are likely to be on the high end of those ranges.

February 2, 2018

Five-year-old boy dies after developing rash, brain infection from flu

"His brain swelled past the point of no return, and he went brain dead," the 5-year-old boy's father says.

February 1, 2018

Florida nurse calls ER ‘a cesspool of funky flu’ in viral video rant

A frustrated nurse coming off a long shift in the emergency room shared a bit of unsolicited advice in a Facebook video over the weekend, warning people not to come to the “cesspool of funky flu at the ER” unless they really have to.

February 1, 2018

Louisiana on track to having 1,000 flu-related deaths this season, officials say

Medical officials said Louisiana is on track to having 1,000 flu-related deaths.

January 29, 2018

Swine flu, bird flu hit North Korea and South Korea days before Winter Olympics kickoff

Super flu outbreaks are ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics — leaving North Korea scrambling to treat more than 81,000 people infected with swine flu as the South kills off nearly 1 million chickens to contain the bird flu on its side of the border.

January 29, 2018

Dr. Marc Siegel: Flu fears and facts

In the case of this year’s severe flu season, we may be looking at more than 50,000 deaths in the U.S. with over 50 million cases of the flu and 500,000 hospitalizations.

January 27, 2018

Flu takes Alabama bride-to-be one week after diagnosis

A bride-to-be in Alabama was among the latest casualties this week as a serious outbreak of influenza continued to sweep across the U.S.

January 25, 2018

Flu outbreak prompts Florida district to close schools Friday

A Florida school district said Thursday that it plans to cancel classes Friday in an effort to contain the spread of flu in the area.