Weather Channel app uses Watson to tell you when flu season is coming

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Are you the sort who grows wary around other people when flu season hits? You now have another tool in your (slightly anti-social) arsenal. The latest version of the Weather Channel app for Android and iOS now includes a Flu Insights feature that u...

Frog Mucus Kills Flu Virus

Posted on 19/04/2017 by sumayah

A part of the mucus secreted from the skin of South Indian frogs can eliminate the H1 variety of influenza viruses. Researchers recently made this exciting discovery.The frogs’ skins were found to...

France Slaughtering 600000 More Ducks due to Bird Flu

Posted on 21/02/2017 by sumayah

France is all set to kill another 600,000 ducks as part of its drive to prevent the H5N8 bird flu virus. The French farming minister declared that the otherwise distasteful act was being carried out...

Vitamin D Protects You Against Cold and Flu

Posted on 16/02/2017 by sumayah

Vitamin D supplements can protect against upper respiratory tract infections. The study involved 11,000 participants and it was published in an online journal. Vitamin D is crucial for strong bones...

A breath monitor could soon be used to detect the flu

Posted on 02/02/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

What if you could pick up a device from the drug store that could tell you if you have the flu and save you a trip to the doctor? That's one possibility for a breath-analyzing gadget that University of Texas at Arlington professor Perena Gouma has de...

Breath Monitor Invented to Detect Flu

Posted on 02/02/2017 by sumayah

A scientist named Perena Gouma recently had an article printed in a journal regarding a breath monitor she had invented. It could sense flu symptoms.All it requires is a single gust of breath to...

Don’t Touch These 5 Things This Flu Season

Posted on 17/01/2017 by noel

With flu season officially in full gear, it means that there are more germs out there than usual. It also means that people are going to be sneezing and touching things you touch, which means you can...

Flu Spreading Across the US

Posted on 10/01/2017 by noel

If it seems like everyone you know has had a bit of a "bug" the last few weeks, you aren't alone. It could be the flu, as media outlets across the country have been reporting dozens of confirmed flu...

Does Cough Syrup Actually Work?

Posted on 04/01/2017 by noel

In 2015, the market for OTC cold and cough medicines came in at $9.5 billion, with several billion dollars spend on treating the problem around the world. Still, a recent report says that the...

Everything You Need to Know About Flu Season 2017

Posted on 29/12/2016 by noel

Annually, the flu impacts more and more people each year. There are various causes of this, including our dependence on our cell phones, which harbor far more germs than we’d like to believe. The key...

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