If you are looking forward to not dying tomorrow, you may want to consider getting an influenza (flu) shot today. That may sound funny, but the Centers for Disease Contol (CDC) estimates that 40,000 lives have been saved in the United States alone during the last decade because of people getting a seasonal flue shot. In the 1918 pandemic, 20-50 million people died worldwide. Antiviral medications, improved healthcare, and vaccines have all combined to save countless lives. Researchers have ... [Read More]
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Why it is Important to Immunize Your Kids
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), preventable childhood diseases such as whooping cough, mumps, measles, and diphtheria are once again on the rise. In large part, this is because many parents do not believe in immunizing their children. In others, parents do not know that low-cost and no cost vaccines are available. Some parents have been misinformed due to a movement based on pseudo-science and bogus claims that vaccines cause autism. Medical studies have ... [Read More]