flu

Here's a hot topic for you.  According to a recent study by the University of Michigan's CS Mott's Children's Hospital, most parents are on board with vaccinations, and worry about their kids being exposed to children who haven't been vaccinated.

It was September 5th of this year when I started to feel a tickle in my throat.  Next it was a sore throat, followed by runny nose.  A day later I had a full on crappy cold.  Usually colds for me last a week or 2 at the most.  Today it is October 24th, and I still have it.  Turns out, I'm not alone.

I am one of those people that gets a cold 2-3 times per year.  When I get them, they are bad.  Really bad.  Not like, "oh I'm a little stuffy," or "I have a scratchy throat."  I go throw on average 3 boxes of facial tissue for the amount of snot my body creates.  It is disgusting.

It's cold and flu season (and has been for a while).  We heed all the warnings.  Wash your hands, cough and sneeze into your elbow instead of your hands and stay home if you are feeling ill.  Of course, people are also using an abundance of hand sanitizer, which makes your hands dry out.  But, I found one that is alcohol free that you can make at home from jill at onegoodthingbyjillee.com.  Read M

Did you ever watch Star Trek with the Borg?   They, as a collective, would say, "Resistance Is Futile."  Meaning no matter how hard you tried, you would eventually become assimilated.  A week ago the Borg showed up at our home, in the form of the Norovirus, and my defenses began.

It's the time of the year when everyone makes sure they have enough hand sanitizer at work, we remind people to wash their hands and stay the heck home if they are sick, and people talk about getting the flu shot.  What can we expect for the 2013-2014 flu season?

The entire world around me is sick.  The crud is going around.  My co host sits 2 feet away from me sniffling and coughing and touching everything.  I AM IN HELL.  I can't get sick, I've got two 13 hour days ahead of me.  So I'm going to pop some airborne and hopefully stay healthy.  So does airborne really work?

A brutal flu season is showing no signs of slowing down according to a report from the Minnesota Department Of Health.

Every flu season people get it wrong. Is it the cold, flu, or "stomach flu."  What's the difference, right?  If you're sick you're sick, but it's a good idea to know if you really have the flu, because the flu can be deadly.  Here's how you tell the difference.

Unless you’ve been hiding out under the covers shivering, nursing a fever and clutching your achy bones, you probably know this has been a brutal flu season. What you may not know is there are measures you can take to avoid the flu -- and most of them are pretty darned simple. So, what are they?

This winter reminds me a lot of the H1N1 pandemic a few years ago, and some health officials believe this flu season could rival that one.  With at least 8 flu-related deaths in the Northland already this year, clinics are getting very busy as people rush to get the flu vaccine.

The flu is in the news again this year as cases across the country continue to mount at alarming rates.  In Minnesota alone, over 900 people have already been hospitalized  this season.  This flu season is already being compared to the deadly pandemic of 2009 and, sadly, the recent flu related deaths of young otherwise healthy people in Minnesota are not the only such cases in the United States.