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5 Helpful Tips to Avoid Catching the Flu
5 Helpful Tips to Avoid Catching the Flu
5 Helpful Tips to Avoid Catching the Flu
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?
Starting the New Year With the Flu?  You’re Not Alone
Starting the New Year With the Flu? You’re Not Alone
Starting the New Year With the Flu? You’re Not Alone
Maybe it's not just the effects of the New Year's Eve drinks that you're feeling today. Many people in East Texas are sick with something other than the "brown bottle flu" right now. Flu cases are up in Texas. Emergency rooms from Dallas to Tyler to Houston are saying they're seeing more flu cases right now, with fevers of 102 to 103 and that yucky, awful, achey feeling. And of course th
FDA Says Flu Injector Devices Not Approved as Vaccines
FDA Says Flu Injector Devices Not Approved as Vaccines
FDA Says Flu Injector Devices Not Approved as Vaccines
Flu vaccines have always been dreaded by those who hate shots, but this year a company called PharmaJet introduced a device that uses “a high-pressure steam of liquid to pierce the skin and deliver the vaccine.” The needle-phobics rejoiced. But now the FDA is saying, Not so fast.