Mutant flu research in the news

If you’ve paid attention to the news recently, you may have heard about researchers who created “mutant” bird flu in a lab. Sounds scary, r...

Flu Fridays: Flu vaccine safety

Not only is it our favorite day, Flu Friday — it’s also World Immunization Week . In general, vaccines are one of the best tools in medicin...

Are you heading to the Olympics this summer? Add one more thing to your packing list

Did you know that it’s National Public Health Week ? There’s a different theme every day, and today’s theme is communicable diseases . We th...

Flu Fridays: Looking back at the 1918 flu pandemic

It’s Flu Friday , and today we’re going to do a little time travel. Ninety-four years ago this week, in March of 1918, more than 100 cases o...