Flu season shaping up to be brutal - CNBC

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"We're in the midst of what looks like a "very early and pretty aggressive flu season," according to Michael Smith, a doctor and chief medical editor for WebMD.

Flu season occurs during the colder months of the year and typically peaks between December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

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What Is Your Flu IQ?

Eccch!  Flu season is starting, and some places in the world have bird flu.

Are you ready?  What's your flu IQ?

Flu IQ

         

For more information:
CDC Weekly Flu Map
CDC - Just about everything you want to know about the flu (influenza)
http://www.flu.gov/

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Whooping Cough Outbreak In The US - CA Pertussis Hotspot

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Updated 12/9/2022

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Whooping Cough Outbreaks - CDC

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Just in case you haven't heard, there's some kind of pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic in California. I live in California, and I take public transportation everyday. Call me phobic, and folks are coughing all around me without covering their mouths. The news about pertussis peaking resonates with me, as I've noticed within my workplace, many folks with peculiar and long-lasting coughs.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) – What You Need To Know - From the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  This has some great links to audio files of what whooping cough sounds like.

Here are some Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Notes from the Field: Pertussis --- California, January--June 2010. 

If you're really into learning more, from a science and medicine perspective, read this interesting Science-Based Medicine blog post, Californians give a whoop – or I hope they do.

Additional References:
The FDA webpages on Vaccines, Blood & Biologics

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