Get ready: Flu Season Revisited
In many ways Influenza is an impressive force of nature that has successfully adapted to human efforts to defeat it – ever since there were humans. The early efforts were common sense and as primitive...
View ArticleInfluenza – the Latest for 2016
Here it is, fall. The signs are all here: down to 105 degrees (getting chilly here in Phoenix), my youngest obsessing about Halloween and a new influenza vaccine for 2015-16. Is there influenza news?...
View ArticleIt’s Flu Season – Should you get a Flu Shot?
When was the last time you said, “Just shoot me,” and meant it? I’m giving you a chance today to un-ring that bell. It is fall, and it is also the start of the 2016-17 influenza epidemic. The CDC tells...
View ArticleThe employee’s dilemma: Go to work sick or stay home?
Health Tips brought to you by U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group. Our experienced medical experts provide information here that we hope will broaden your healthcare knowledge. Today we talk to Dr. A.K....
View ArticlePeak flu season has arrived
It’s peak flu season around the U.S., and despite all the misery it causes (10 days of high fevers, shaking chills, muscle pain, sneezing, and racking cough, frequently accompanied by the moaning of...
View ArticleIt’s flu season – Should you get a flu shot?
It is fall, and it is also the start of the 2017-18 influenza epidemic. The CDC tells us that every year influenza qualifies for “epidemic” status. It is an evolving threat that is a little bit...
View ArticleWhy Visiting an Urgent Care Center is the Best Way to Prevent the Flu
It is cold and flu season again, and we are all faced with the same question: Get a flu shot or not? The short answer is absolutely. And, you can get your flu shot faster and for a great price by...
View ArticleFighting Cold & Flu at Work
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 3 to 5 million cases of severe influenza each year, causing up to 650,000 deaths. The flu is incredibly contagious, can be spread in...
View ArticlePeak flu season has arrived
It’s peak flu season around the U.S., and despite all the misery it causes (10 days of high fevers, shaking chills, muscle pain, sneezing, and racking cough, frequently accompanied by the moaning of...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Places to Catch the Flu
Here we are just into the opening weeks of a new year, and influenza is well into its annual assault on America. Germs aren’t hard to find this season, but where they hide might surprise you. At the...
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