The seasonal influenza shot is a yearly vaccination administered to protect against contracting the flu. Influenza can be a very serious illness for some people, especially for populations such young children, adults over the age of 65, and individuals with… Read More ›
“Tainted steroid injection.” Those aren’t the three most comforting words. But they’re exactly what caused a nasty meningitis outbreak in 2012. Fortunately, the compensation fund for victims of this outbreak recently grew to $210 million. The nationwide outbreak resulted in… Read More ›
Makers of chicken noodle soup have done well this flu season. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that the flu vaccine is only 18 percent effective against this year’s dominant flu strain. That’s down from the… Read More ›
U.S. college students must now battle one more obstacle in addition to homework: meningitis. Just last week, the Harvard Crimson warned its student readership about confirmed cases of meningococcal meningitis B at Yale and Providence College. The University of Oregon… Read More ›
Flu season isn’t over yet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the flu has surpassed the “epidemic threshold.” During one week in January, almost 10 percent of all deaths in the United States were the result… Read More ›
Whooping cough is surging back in the United States. And it’s partly due to a safer but less effective vaccine. The vaccine for whooping cough — also known as pertussis — was first widely used in 1948. The vaccination quickly… Read More ›
When you’re down with the flu, you can’t smell anything. Turns out, that could be the case even after you recover. A recent study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association has concluded that the flu may be… Read More ›