Fall could be very tricky this year. With concerns about coronavirus still looming and what it will look like, some flu shot providers are preparing to give shots early.
The flu season despite thoughts to the contrary is definitely NOT over yet. The normal flu season usually lasts through late February through early March, but the Center for Disease Control warns that a new strain may lengthen the window of vulnerability this year, possibly into May.
In a recent interview on New Jersey news radio station NJ 101.5, Dr. Oz answered the question that we all ask, particularly during a prolific flue season like this one: "Are hand sanitizer and washing hands equally effective?"
In a recent interview on New Jersey news radio NJ 101.5, Dr. Oz answered the question we all seem to ask every year: "Should I bother getting the flu shot?"
It’s 2013, and none of us were killed off by the Mayan Apocalypse (fingers crossed). But we’re not through the woods yet – there’s something far more threatening than a potential doomsday looming upon us: the flu.
The Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York has begun it's annual campaign aimed at getting Western New Yorkers flu and pneumonia shots! The VNA's professional nurses will be administering vaccines at more than 600 clinics throughout Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and Genesee counties.
Scientists are getting closer in their quest for a universal flu vaccine that would protect people from all strains of influenza for decades or even a lifetime.
A newly released "Consumer Reports" Survey shows fewer people are planning to get a flu shot this year -- just one year after the H1N1 pandemic. Researchers found out of 15-hundred participants only 37-percent plan to get vaccinated this year. Ar...