Top Cold & Flu News
Get the latest updates on the common cold and flu (influenza) including information on vaccines and treatment.
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Cold and Flu Cases Lower Than One Year Ago
According to a new Gallup poll, for the past three months, fewer Americans have reported having the flu than the number reported the same time last year. Read Summary > -
Q&A: Natural Remedies for Easing Coughs
A reader with a cold and cough wants to know if there are any natural remedies that could make it easier to breathe. Read Summary > -
Flu Vaccine Additive Boosts Disease Protection
An additive used in the flu vaccine from drugmaker Novartis may protect the body from other viruses as well, a new report suggests. Read Summary > -
Democrats' Health Care Agenda Uncertain After Senate Seat Loss
Congressional Democrats' plans to reform the U.S. health care system are uncertain in the wake of a Massachusetts election that delivered the seat long held by the late Senator Edward Kennedy to a Republican. Read Summary > -
Officials Stress Importance of Vaccine as H1N1 Wanes
U.S health officials are still urging Americans to get their H1N1 swine flu shot, even though the flu outbreak has eased to the point that it is only widespread in one state. Read Summary > -
U.S. H1N1 Flu Cases Reach 55 Million
According to officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 55 million people in the United States were infected with the H1N1 swine flu from April to December 2008, and approximately 11,200 people died. Read Summary > -
Birds Played No Role in H1N1 Flu Pandemic: Study
In a new study, birds did not become infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus strains that caused the 1918 and 2008 pandemics, a finding that suggests that birds played no role in the spread of the virus. Read Summary > -
Kitchen Spoons Boost Liquid Medication Dosing Errors
People should not use kitchen spoons to give or take liquid medications because doing so boosts the risk of potentially dangerous dosing errors, a new study has found. Read Summary >
