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What Is the Flu?
 
Influenza (say: in-floo-en-zah) is also called the flu. It’s an infection that causes fever, chills, cough, body aches, headaches, and sometimes earaches or sinus problems. The flu is caused by the influenza virus (say: vy-rus). A virus is a microorganism (say: my-croh-or-gah-nih-zum), which means it’s so small that you can’t see it […]

Knock Out the Flu Season Naturally
Last winter, there I was strolling down the hall during my annual ritual of ASHP (American Society of Health System Pharmacists) conference when I received a frantic call. It was the pharmacist I left in charge calling me to let me know that we had run out of flu vaccine […]