Article by webmd.com You can take all the precautions in the world, but sometimes the flu sneaks around your defenses. So what do you do when someone in your house has the flu — or even swine flu? To give you an idea, here’s a countdown of five average days with the flu. Keep in mind that this rundown is... 

SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Research on a mutated, more contagious form of the bird flu virus can be published in full, U.S. government biosecurity advisers said Friday, despite initial concerns that bioterrorists could use the information to start a pandemic. The National Science Advisory Board for... 

LONDON (Reuters) – A genetic discovery could help explain why flu makes some people seriously ill or kills them, while others seem able to bat it away with little more than a few aches, coughs and sneezes. In a study published in the journal Nature on Sunday, British and American researchers said they had found... 

Twelve people have died from swine flu in India since the beginning of March and nearly 110 others have been infected with the virus, the country’s health ministry said. The ministry announced in a statement late on Thursday that the victims were from the western states of Maharashtra and Rajasthan as well as... 

Image via Wikipedia Last year the swine flu outbreak caused panic. There were reports coming from the media from all over the world that people were dying… it looked like the end of the world! We were told to get vaccinated, and use hand sanitizer, and wear masks. Schools and office buildings were closed... 

As a feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors will answer readers’ questions. Here’s a question for Dr. Gupta. From Scott, Oregon “After suffering through the H1N1 flu for almost a week, I feel completely healthy, save for a lingering cough. There is not much if any mucous involved, it’s... 

By Elizabeth Landau, CNN t’s everywhere you look — in schools, in shopping malls, in day care centers, in offices. Hand sanitizer has become ubiquitous after the outbreak of the novel H1N1 flu virus. But what are its special powers? Does it really protect from viruses? And what’s the best way to use... 

Healthy eating can help you ward off colds and flu. Dr. Felicia Wade shows us more.  Read More →

(CNN) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza. Agriflu, made by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, is not intended to protect against the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The vaccine was approved using an accelerated approval process,... 

By Caleb Hellerman, CNN Medical News Senior Producer November 20, 2009 1:26 p.m. EST (CNN) — It was early on a Monday, just the seventh week of school, when Danelle Olivares decided she would have to keep her 5-year-old daughter home from kindergarten. Trinity had a nasty stomach bug, but no fever, and Olivares...