Fever, chills, dry cough, sore throat and muscle aches signal the onset of flu season every winter. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized yearly with influenza complications, and an estimated 36,000 die — mostly elderly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...more

October 4, 2007

Think you'll need a shot in the arm soon? Don't dally. Your health is at stake. ...more

September 26, 2007

Come one, come all: After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around - up to 132 million doses, more than the nation ever produced. ...more

September 20, 2007

The number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 numbers were a fluke. Cancer deaths were also up. ...more

September 13, 2007