DEERFIELD, Ill. — Many medical experts report that, when it comes to the flu, the last couple of seasons have been significantly lower in number of cases thanks to COVID-19 safety measures, such as masking up, social distancing and lockdowns. Now some medical and health experts are saying that there is a lot of uncertainty
For us, alerting our patients to new ways to boost immunity or rebound from illness quickly is one of the best parts of the job. Given last year’s notoriously bad flu season, now is the perfect time for doctors and pharmacists to give advice to patients who should be more receptive to our advice than
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Lysol is launching the One Less Sick Day initiative, an innovative cold & flu education and prevention program with the goals of helping to protect students against germs and reducing the number of sick days this school year. As part of this initiative, Lysol is educating parents, students and teachers across the country
This year’s flu season has been particularly severe, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting the highest rate of flu-like illnesses since 2009. It also reported the highest flu-hospitalization rate since 2010, when it started keeping records. Hospitalization rates have been that much higher because the principal strain, H3N2, causes more severe forms
