Texas woman and Alabama boy both die of flu on Sunday
Heather Holland, 38, of Texas, died on Sunday from the flu after refusing to take Tamiflu. Aaron Masterson, 12, died the same day after battling cystic fibrosis, made deadly by the flu. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A 38-Year-Old Teacher Has Died From Flu Complications
A second-grade teacher in Weatherford, Texas, died Sunday following complications from the flu.
Heather Holland, who was 38 years old, started to feel sick last Monday and went to a doctor who prescribed her Tamiflu Wednesday, her husband Frank Holland told WFAA.
But Heather Holland did not buy the Tamiflu, originally believing it was too expensive, and only started taking it once her husband purchased it for her a day later, he told the network.
Holland was rushed to the emergency room Friday night where she became septic, and ultimately died from septic shock, her husband told WFAA, though her official cause of death has...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alix Langone Tags: Uncategorized healthytime onetime Texas Source Type: news
A 38-Year-Old Weatherford Teacher Has Died From Flu Complications
A second-grade teacher in Weatherford, Texas, died Sunday following complications from the flu.
Heather Holland, who was 38 years old, started to feel sick last Monday and went to a doctor who prescribed her Tamiflu Wednesday, her husband Frank Holland told WFAA.
But Heather Holland did not buy the Tamiflu, originally believing it was too expensive, and only started taking it once her husband purchased it for her a day later, he told the network.
Holland was rushed to the emergency room Friday night where she became septic, and ultimately died from septic shock, her husband told WFAA, though her official cause of death has...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alix Langone Tags: Uncategorized healthytime onetime Texas Source Type: news
Flu Patients Arrive in Droves, and a Hospital Rolls Out the ‘ Surge Tent ’
The worst flu season in nearly a decade has filled emergency rooms and strained resources at medical centers. Hospitalization and infection rates are among the highest in two decades. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Influenza Hospitals Tamiflu (Drug) Allentown (Pa) Pennsylvania Emergency Medical Treatment Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Flu Hospitalizations Are Higher Than Any Year on Record, CDC Reports
As flu activity continues to increase in many parts of the U.S., CDC officials say hospitalization rates are on pace to exceed any year on record.
CDC officials have in recent weeks compared this year’s unusually active flu season with that of 2014-2015. But CDC Acting Director Anne Schuchat said on a call with reporters Friday that hospitalization rates observed at this point in the season have surpassed even that high-severity year, and by season’s end could eclipse its 710,000 total admissions. The hospitalization rate is higher than that of any year since 2010, when the CDC began tracking the epidemic using...
Source: TIME: Health - February 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized CDC flu flu season flu season 2018 healthytime influenza medicine onetime public health Source Type: news
CDC Reports 16 More Children Dead From the Flu
As flu activity continues to increase in many parts of the U.S., CDC officials say hospitalization rates are on pace to exceed any year on record.
CDC officials have in recent weeks compared this year’s unusually active flu season with that of 2014-2015. But CDC Acting Director Anne Schuchat said on a call with reporters Friday that hospitalization rates observed at this point in the season have surpassed even that high-severity year, and by season’s end could eclipse its 710,000 total admissions. The hospitalization rate is higher than that of any year since 2010, when the CDC began tracking the epidemic using...
Source: TIME: Health - February 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized CDC flu flu season flu season 2018 healthytime influenza medicine onetime public health Source Type: news
What you need to know about Tamiflu
What you need to know. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Families raise concern about Tamiflu side effects
The Tamiflu label says pediatric patients may be at an increased risk of confusion or abnormal behavior (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Family raises concerns about Tamiflu side effects
A family in Indiana believes a rare, extreme side effect of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu led to their teenager's suicide. The drug's manufacturer says
"neuropsychiatric events have been reported" after taking Tamiflu, but note they also occur in flu patients without the drug. WTTV's Lindsey Eaton reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Student, 16, commits suicide after taking Tamiflu
Charlie Harp, a high school football player and wrestler from Franklin Township, Indiana, was thriving socially and academically when he fell ill last Thursday, his family said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Survey: Nursing Homes Should Require Flu Shots for All Staff, Patients
The 2017-2018 flu season has been worse than expected, with unchecked pockets of illness and Tamiflu in short supply in some regions of the country. The vaccine was reported to be 10% effective, which, while better than nothing, is much lower than the average 42% effectiveness of past flu vaccines. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - January 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Amanda Franks killed by the flu after refusing Tamiflu
Amanda Franks, 38, was killed by the flu on January 17 after being diagnosed just three days prior. The mother-of-four from New Hampshire declined taking Tamiflu due to the side effects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother-of-four killed by the flu after refusing Tamiflu
Amanda Franks, 38, was killed by the flu on January 17 after being diagnosed just three days prior. The mother-of-four from New Hampshire declined taking Tamiflu due to the side effects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WATCH: New CDC numbers show flu deaths still on the rise nationwide
High-risk groups should take Tamiflu within 48 hours of showing signs of the flu or as a preventive measure if living with someone with the virus, experts say. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news
Tamiflu causes another child to hallucinate in Texas
Steven Allen of Texas couldn't stop twitching, picked at imaginary pains on his arms and became violent after taking Tamiflu, which has caused hallucinations for several children this year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
