Tuesday, 27 January 2015

8 tricks doctors, nurses use to avoid catching the flu & colds

The tricks doctors and nurses use to avoid catching the flu and colds

Flu season is in full effect, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu vaccine has only been 23 percent effective against the virus. (Normally, the rate of prevention is about 65 percent). Influenza has already caused school closures and the proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza this year has risen to 9.3 percent.

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Skip the handshake? The etiquette dos and don'ts of flu season

Social interactions just get trickier during cold and flu season.Whether you're at the office, on a plane or at a party, it may feel like you have to choose between being polite and staying healthy. The sneeze virus cloud can travel many feet, so what should you do when a coworker in the next cubicle begins to sneeze violently? Or when someone you know has the flu reaches out to shake your hand?

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Do your bit to fight flu: Stay home and watch TV

Could staying home from work and school and watching television be a patriotic act? It just might be, if the goal is to stop the spread of a deadly infectious disease.New research published Friday suggests that people who stayed home in Mexico City at the start of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic may have altered its course, slowing the spread and perhaps reducing rates of infection.

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