Good news. From the New York State website: Governor David A. Paterson today announced that, effective immediately, health care providers may make the H1N1 flu vaccine available to all New Yorkers who want the vaccine, including those who are not in priority groups established by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If [...]
As we gear up for a flu season, with H1N1 now in the mix, we’re being advised to wash our hands on a regular basis. Bad news. Research from the Netherlands “suggests that the H1N1 flu travels mostly by air, not via hand-to-hand contact—and therefore won’t be prevented through hand-washing.” This is not to say [...]
“PERSONAL SPACE is an object classified as ‘functional art’, created by the Brazilian artist and inventor Vivian Puxian. It ensures your personal space is always kept safe, and protects you against infectious and contagious diseases, such as the swine flu.” Get onto the subway during rush hour with one of these things, and swine flu [...]
Next time your stomach doesn’t agree with you after a day at the beach, don’t blame that hot dog that you ate. It could have been the sand. A recent study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that people who played in beach sand were more likely to get some form intestinal disease. More [...]
Are we headed for another 1918 pandemic? Let’s hope to God not. Perhaps it’s too soon to be worried, but we definitely should be concerned. To view a regularly updated (and somewhat disturbing) map of all the reported cases of H1N1 infections, check out Google Maps. New York City is shown above, but you can [...]