Potent flu gaining a foothold in B.C.
A strain of influenza just getting a foothold in B.C. appears to be more potent than last year’s seasonal flu. Although confirmed flu infections are below average for this time of year, one virus —...
View ArticleFarm workers urged to get flu shot: Swine are ‘mixing vessels’ for flu DNA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging farmers and farm workers to get this year’s seasonal flu shot to reduce the risk of transmission of influenza viruses between livestock and humans. Even...
View ArticleOwning our health from colds to cancer
When Angelina Jolie declared that she underwent a double mastectomy because of the results of genetic testing for breast cancer, women in large numbers went to their doctors asking for similar tests....
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