Flu Epidemic

Flu Season and Fiction: What Downton Abbey and Contagion Tell Us About Facing Reality

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.08.2012

Leslie Gerwin

Life at Downton was only nominally disrupted; the wedding was reluctantly postponed perhaps in part because there might be a shortage of healthy servants to attend to their guests. Alas, the wedding became a moot issue when the prospective bride suddenly succumbed to the disease.

Lower Intelligence of Men Born Year After 1969 Flu Pandemic

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Dan Agin

Early prenatal exposure to the Hong Kong flu may have interfered with fetal cerebral development and caused reduced intelligence in adulthood.

Keeping the Flu in Perspective

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Kate Kelly

My objection to the story has to do with the unending focus of the television news headlines on the swine flu.

3 Sure-Fire Strategies to Prevent the Swine Flu

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. M.J. Wegmann

With today's headlines dominated by the swine flu we need to learn more in order to protect ourselves and our families.

When Mom Gets Sick

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.17.2011

Heather Cabot

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