This seasons flu epidemic is a real threat to our senior citizens and now families are fighting back with "Fight The Flu Kits" for caregivers to help protect their elderly loved ones.
It really is only just beginning of the breakout, but already it appears that this is going to be a long and challenging flu season..
What can you do to help protect your family and yourself? Here are five easy basic tips that will help.
It's flu season again and Genesee County has already seen the presence of the virus in the area.
The flu, or influenza, is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms include coughing, a runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, body aches and fever...
My family and I just returned from vacation in Florida. On the way back we heard on the news that this flu season is one of the worst in over a decade. We were then shocked to discover that there had been two deaths in the Lake Fenton School District, both linked to 'flu-like' symptoms.
Yesterday, we broke the news that Rihanna was feeling under the weather, as the ‘We Found Love’ singer tweeted a photo of her slender arm hooked up to an IV. It turns out that the singer was on an IV since she has come down with a case of the flu, which forced her to cancel her planned Halloween performance in Malmo, Sweden.
I wanted to get a video of a coworker getting a flu shot, so I picked someone at random the person most likely to cry!
Maggie, a coworker from one of Cars 108's sister stations, didn't disappoint! She's always been apprehensive about shots, and has a low tolerance for pain. Laugh at her, not with her, after the jump.
We got ours from Kroger. The CDC says the single best way to protect against th
That's what one Michigan hospital is telling its employees, volunteers, and students.
Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, and its parent companny, Munson Healthcare are requiring that all employees receive a flu shot by the end of the year, or be terminated. Volunteers, medical and nursing students must also comply.
If you or those around you have been feeling poorly lately, it's not an isolated incident. According to the Genesee County Health Department, Flu is spreading quickly in Genesee County.
A large number of Genesee County residents have been experiencing a flu-like virus that makes people severely ill with diarrhea and vomiting, and it seems to be spreading across the county.