Flu season is in full swing, and experts are warning that now is the time to take precautions so that you don’t catch the illness. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, this year’s flu season had its earliest start in 10 years- since the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. “We’re seeing it everywhere in the state,” Epidemiologist Supervisor Amanda Ingram…
The flu continues to spread at a high rate across Alabama, and medical experts say the best prevention is still the flu shot. Nurse practitioner Pamela Ingram is seeing her fair share of flu patients. “More and more cases everyday,” Ingram said. She says influenza cases are being diagnosed daily at Greenville’s Stabler Clinic. “A lot of people will come…
Government researchers say the nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine didn’t protect kids this past flu season. Health officials reported Wednesday that the spray performed dismally for the third straight year, while the traditional flu shot – the one that stings – worked reasonably well this winter. The vaccine’s manufacturer, AstraZeneca, presented its own study that found the…
NEW YORK (AP) – The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. Preliminary data suggest it is 59 percent effective. That’s a big improvement from last winter’s nasty flu season when the vaccine was less than 20 percent effective. Unlike last year’s vaccine, this year’s is a good match to the strains making people sick. It’s been a…
