The flu pandemic of 1918 killed between 50 million and 10...  ...t seriously at the beginning, because it was just flu , and few of the people who contracted it died. Th...  ...spread so fast and so far. It was called Spanish flu , but it probably originated in the United States...

[http://youtu.be/WKtWE5F2cJs] (YouTube link)Your m...  ...eratures don’t cause the common cold or the flu , but those I argue with will never change their m...

flu season! Nick Seluk of The Awkward Yeti reminds us...

[http://youtu.be/RWiOhlqEDz4] (YouTube link)"You'l...  ...he nuts and bolts of winter weather and colds and flu . Put another way, cold weather makes me sick. Sic...

Photo: Zhang et al./Science Some...  ...: Zhang et al./Science Some strains of the flu virus, like the H5N1 bird flu virus, are highly lethal but aren't eas...  ...with the highly contagious H1N1 swine flu strain responsible for infecting tens of million...

If you don't know your H5N1 from your H7N9, David McCandless of Information is Beautiful along with Ella Hollowood and Phillipa Thomas came up with this handy dandy Venn Diagram of Influenza t...

If you are trying to avoid the flu , simple math tells us that placing all your faith...  ...! Wash your hands, cover those sneezes, and get a flu shot. Link -Thanks, Ned Scioneaux!

Flu : 1, Flu Shot: 0. - ‏@simplebits

Your mother probably told you time and time again, “Bundle up or you’ll catch a cold!” But how accurate is this statement? After all, our bodies stay close to the same temperature no matter how cold it...

The Geeks are Sexy blog has a great post explainin...  ...xplaining everything you need to know about swine flu and how animal diseases can jump across the speci...  ...If so, you’ve probably heard the term “Swine Flu ” bouncing around a lot. While most people come...  ...While most people come down with...