In case you missed it, the beginning of this winter’s flu season was heralded by a new TV commercial about a specific type of flu vaccine called Fluzone High-Dose. In the ad, an older woman runs into a number of contagious “Typhoid Marys” — a man cough… Continue reading
Everybody’s best defense against influenza is vaccination. But if you do contract the flu virus this season, it’s good to know there’s more than one effective weapon to use against it, especially if you’re at high risk for developing serious complicati… Continue reading
Everybody’s best defense against influenza is vaccination. But if you do contract the flu virus this season, it’s good to know there’s more than one effective weapon to use against it, especially if you’re at high risk for developing serious complicati… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control — CDC — reported Thursday its estimate of the overall effectiveness of this season’s influenza vaccination is 47 percent. For people age 50 and older, the estimate is just 24 percent. Yet, the CDC continu… Continue reading