Uptick in avian flu cases poses little threat to humans
HEALTH: Risk of transmission to people and pets is very low unless you’re regularly in contact with birds
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Tag: Influenza
Flu deaths rise when cities get pro sports teams: study
HEALTH: New research has implications for reopening arenas to fans during COVID-19 pandemic
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Use science, not speculation, to save seniors and businesses
DAVID FULLER: Locking down society, and business, makes no sense in the battle against COVID-19. It’s time to take a more measured approach
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COVID-19’s elder virus brother, the Spanish flu
MICHAEL TAUBE: An estimated 500 million people contracted the Spanish flu, and the death toll was between 17 million and 50 million
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Flu pandemic of 1918 brutal, virulent killer
PAT MURPHY: One hundred years ago, a flu pandemic swept across the world, killing tens of millions of people, particularly those in the prime of life (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $25)
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The Coronavirus – 1918 all over again?
JANE ORIENT: We are no better prepared than we were for the great influenza pandemic of 1918
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Here’s why you should get your flu shot every year
JOHN MUSCEDERE: Influenza is one of Canada’s top 10 infectious diseases and has a catastrophic impact on society’s most vulnerable
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Antibiotics no cure for colds or flu
GUYLENE THERIAULT and WENDY LEVINSON: And using an antibiotic when not needed makes patients more vulnerable to antibiotic-resistant infections (FREE membership content)
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