Surviving Cold and Flu Season. What About The Flu Vaccine? On a night that I am quite sure I am coming down with a terrible cold, I thought taking a look at getting through cold and flu season, would be an appropriate post. How are you holding up? Have you had your first cold of the season? Do you have any tips for staying healthy during this time of the year? What about tips for getting better?

Hello, world. It’s still flu season. According to the CDC, 5-20% of the U.S. population gets the flu each year, with a higher percentage of that number being children. That translates into around 15-60 million people. This is my favorite description of a sick family thus far. …the children’s school holiday activities have mostly consisted of barfing, coughing, wiping snot on their pajama sleeves, tossing phlegm-soaked tissue balls into waste baskets and profuse night-sweating. Aaaaah, yeah.

New warnings from the FDA about possible psychiatric events being observed in some patients that have taken Tamiflu and Relenza (antiviral medications used to minimize the symptoms of the flu). When it comes to the flu, there are two aspects of concern. First...Are the medications safe? And second...Are the vaccines beneficial? Here are some of what's been in the news and on the blogs recently.