influenza

There seems to be a slight difference in that people who aren't in the normal influenza risk groups can also die, but the risk is still very small, and regular influenza still kills more every year than this one has.

Though there are other peaks, such as the higher peak just before 1920, which is probably influenza, not WWI.

It's about half the probability of dying by suicide from firearm, and 3 times the probability of dying by influenza.

This makes it difficult to conclude that the influenza vaccine has any effectiveness in the elderly.

Some viruses, such as influenza and HIV, use RNA, a single-strand version of DNA, to encode their genes.

For example, the Brazil number they use is 1,368, but earlier it states that there were 645 deaths with confirmed pandemic influenza.

According to Neal Stephenson, the most badass adversary humankind has faces is influenza.

That number for deaths (5,382) is for influenza in general, not H1N1.

More frequently washing your hands is more effective against influenza then vaccination.

When summer hits, the reproduction rate of influenza decreases dramatically.

The decoupling of supply and demand has already happened: this is why you don't see Cuban and Indian doctors on H1bs diagnosing influenza and stomach flu for $50.

The scientific community has been extremely concerned about another influenza epidemic because there is no guarantee that we can do anything about it, medically speaking.

Since then, this has been subtly altered to the usual "most dangerous to the less healthy" property of normal influenza.

First of all, influenza is not "an unharmful disease".

Initial reports said that one of the main concerns of H1N1, over "normal" influenza strains, was that it seemed to have a greater effect on those with healthy immune systems.

On the other hand, the nostrums also touted in this article as a substitute for vaccines and antivirals, like washing your hands, have almost no scientific support in the literature for influenza." Really?

Influenza spreads by some combination of airborne particles containing viruses (e.g., from infected people sneezing) and surface contamination.

Influenza causes death through two primary routes: 1.

Influenza and other respiratory viruses are a concern, but these are spread through larger droplets and therefore only really concern those directly next to you (likely family members) and you are just as likely to pick it up in the airport lounge than on the plane.