In fact, influenza is not as easy to get as a common cold virus. Flu viruses are generally only around in a specific season and cold viruses are present year round. Flu makes you feel a whole lot worse than a cold with its typical combination symptoms of fever, fatigue, joint and body aches and [...]

Every year you will always here numerous people complain that the flu shot actually gave them the flu but this is not even possible. The virus that is injected into your body is destroyed so it is impossible for it to make you sick. Traditionally, what has happen in these cases is the individual had [...]

The swine flu can spread from one person to another without pigs coming anywhere in the picture. This makes this flu a human virus which is a threat to humanity. Only after you go for a lab test, can you come to know for sure whether you are suffering from swine flu or not. People [...]

The new outbreak of swine flu is different. It can spread from one person to another without pigs coming anywhere in the picture. This makes this flu a human virus which is a threat to humanity. Only after you go for a lab test, can you come to know for sure whether you are suffering [...]

he flu virus is multiplied in the small droplets of saliva which are coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person. If the person inhales these droplets, the person may get infected. Flu can further spread when someone with the virus touches common surfaces such as door handles with unwashed hands. Children are [...]

Warning Signs of a Cold Although your respiratory tract is targeted by both viruses, there are a few ways to tell the difference between the two. The cold usually offers you a warning sign that you may or may not pay attention to. There is a good chance that you will start feeling a bit [...]

The first and easiest method of preventing the flu is to get enough sleep. Sound too simple? Let’s look at the science. A recent study showed that people who got seven or less hours of sleep were three times more likely to contract the flu than people who got eight hours or more of sleep. [...]

The swine flu is believed to have started out first and foremost in Mexico and then moved quickly into the U.S and then into other areas of the world. The swine flu is dangerous when it comes to the flu styles and is thought to be caused from the combination of bird flu and human [...]

The H1N1 virus is a combination of swine flu, the bird flu and the type of flu most commonly seen during the Fall and Winter months among people in North America. Because of this unique combination of flu viruses the H1N1 flu is harder to treat. Each year a typical flu viruses may kill approximately [...]