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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Super Bug or Norovirus Rampant in US, Symptoms Present Within 48 Hours of Exposure

As flu season wanes a new Super Bug from Australia is taking its place in the spotlight.

A new strain of the highly contagious norovirus has reached the U.S. from Australia. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the new norovirus, named GII.4 Sydney because it's believed to have started in Sydney, Australia, is currently the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. In the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released Jan. 25, the norovirus is described as: the leading cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreaks, in the U.S. Hospitalization and mortality associated with norovirus infection occur most frequently among elderly persons, young children, and immunocompromised patients. An article in Time, Health and Family reported that the norovirus is: often …

Mike Itzenhuiser

9:21 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013

Obama needs to contact the Prime Minister of Australia and have them send America the cure at no cost to the taxpayers.   more ›

Friday, January 11, 2013

How Do You Conquer The Flu?

The flu season is raging this year, but how do you ease the symptoms. Here's what some experts and a few of our readers had to say. Feel free to add your ideas in the comments section.

Looking for ways to ease up those flu symptoms? Join the crowd. Overall in Wisconsin, activity the flu is considered high now, while it was considered low at this time in 2011, according to Flu Trends. According to this week's CDC Flu activity report, influenza levels are on the increase across the country.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the following information: WebMD offers up a variety of home remedies to ease your flu symptoms and one of our bloggers offers some simple solutions to those nasty flu symptoms, including: But we also wondered what home remedies you use to ease the symptoms. Here's what our readers had to say when we posed the question on Facebook. Karen Jensen Pure Honey and Cinnamon!! worked …

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genny

3:17 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Hot water with lots of honey and lemon really sooths the throat and makes one feel better. Also at the onset I spray my mouth with Z-cam and take multi cold tab and if taken right away for a couple days, there are times it never gets worse, but if I wait until I am really sick then take meds it takes longer to rid myself of flu or bad colds as well.   more ›

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