Flu Shot Confusion

One thing I can assure you, this is not going to be the last report you hear, this fall, about H1N1 or different flu vaccines. It’s going to be something we talk about all fall long. But one thing you should be aware of is there are two different vaccines that will be out there. There’s one called the seasonal flu vaccine, that’s the influenza vaccine, much like the one we get every year; you get in the fall into the winter. It goes against 3 specific influenza viruses, the one they think are most likely to hit. The other vaccine is the H1N1 vaccine. It’s going to be called the Novel flu vaccine. That particular vaccine isn’t even out yet, it’s being tested. They’re hoping it will come out in October. That vaccine, you’re going to have to get two doses 21 to 28 days apart, again all that information will be released as time goes on. Like I said, we haven’t heard anything close to the end of this. For more information, click onto www.MyMedicalReports.com.

Google Flu Trends

It can be scary and overwhelming in a sense, but it can also be a good thing. The search engine Google knows a lot more about you than you think, like which United States state you're in. You can also search your input into a computer. Google has a new health initiative called Google Flu Trends which looks at the various health trends. Basically, they like to follow data about the flu. Recently, they started this with the thought that if there is a flu outbreak in the United States, where flu-related search terms are currently looked at might be the location. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't think it's a crazy idea. They're working with Google on the project. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will also continue to rely on surveillance data from physicians, but it shows, once again, how with the Internet, input by various people, individuals, can have a big effect. For more information, click onto http://www.mymedicalreports.com/.