Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths Patients need to better understand that the role of the vaccine isn't to completely prevent COVID but to reduce the likelihood of hospitalization and death, similar to that of a flu shot. By reducing ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Ask the doctors: Flu shot may help prevent heart attacks This year, researchers in Spain looked at the same question in adults 50 and older. In that population, even mild flu translated to a doubled risk of heart attack, and also stroke, in the two weeks ... 04/30/2024 - 2:11 am | View Link
Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the ... 04/26/2024 - 1:01 am | View Link
How the springtime uptick in bird flu affects backyard chickens, poultry farms and dairy cattle A conversation with Kitty O'Neil, with the Cornell Cooperative Extension. O'Neil says, there's usually an uptick in avian flu outbreaks in springtime due to migratory waterfowl carrying the disease up ... 04/23/2024 - 6:40 am | View Link