Pediatrics’ 8-month analysis of 911 toddlers finds kids using hand sanitizer miss fewer days of school, have fewer respiratory infections Kids are adorable, but as every parent can testify, they are also adorable germ machines. Kids collect sickly germs and bacteria like Microsoft collects cash: stockpiling them in factors of ten. They trade germs with […]
‘Fasten Your Seat Belt’ for Potentially Nasty Flu Season
Experts urge ‘everyone’ to get vaccinated by Halloween as potentially nasty influenza weather looms Some events should never be green lit for a sequel, namely, the 2017-18 U.S. cold and flu season. One of the worst seasons in recent memory produced epidemic levels of influenza or pneumonia for 16 consecutive weeks, hospitalized more than 700,000 […]
Teachers & Kids Brace for the Back To School Germ Test
It’s August, the dog days of summer, and millions of American kids coast to coast are coming down with bad cases of BTSB: Back To School Germs. Unfortunately, America’s students aren’t the only ones headed back to class. Alas, germ class is back in session. When America’s students return to school this month, they will […]
U.S. Flu Shot Gets A Shot In The Arm
WHO and FDA strengthen vaccine for 2018-19 season to target season’s No. 1 threat: H3N2 Even a flu vaccine can get the flu. Overwhelmed by an unexpected surge by H3N2 strains, the flu shot wasn’t itself last season. With the disturbing numbers on the 2017-18 cold and flu season in front of them, the World […]
The Hard Truth of Summer: School’s Not Out For Germs
At long last, we’ve made it. Finally, the sweetest season of the year has arrived. The sun is out, the grill’s warming up and the days are long and full of fun. If only sickly germs and bacteria took summer vacations. We now apologetically interrupt your summer vacation to bring you and your family this […]
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (ARB) Terrorizing Hospitals and Healthcare Centers
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria ‘a global health emergency’ killing 23,000 Americans annually Doctors’ worst fear realized is now stalking U.S. hospitals, forcing the country’s health officials to think outside the box to try to derail a nightmare bacterium resistant to almost every drug. In 2017 alone, Kaiser Health News reports, antibiotic-resistant bacteria were found more than 200 […]
World Hand Hygiene Day May 5 Reminds Us of Life-Saving Power of Regular Handwashing
By Clete Campbell Soap plus water equals clean hands is the world’s most important public health formula. For in our hands is the key to keeping millions of people worldwide healthy. In our hands is the key to our own hygiene wellness. In our hands is the key to stopping a life-threatening organ dysfunction. On […]
Beware The B Strain Late-Season Flu Blues
Secondary Strains Fueling Influenza’s Dangerous Late-Season Resurgence By Clete Campbell Of course, in this miserable 2017-18 flu season, influenza has a Plan B. After attacking Americans without remorse for months with a sickly, too often deadly assault of A Strains viruses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Controls report that B strains of influenza are fueling […]
Licensed Home Flu Killers
Dependable Home Cleaning Agents Can Keep Your Family Safe During Season’s Dog Days Harder to eliminate than a No. 1 seed in the NCAA basketball tournament, harder to kill than a villain in a horror movie franchise, and infamous for hanging around the house longer than even the most annoying fly, the flu virus can […]
How to Know Whether You Have a Cold or the Flu
The vicious winter lion known as the 2017-18 cold and flu season is claiming victims by the day as Americans struggle to stay on their feet, at work and breathing easy. What NBC News is calling “the worst flu season in a decade” has already resulted in thousands of hospitalizations, hundreds of deaths, and widespread […]