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Is Tamiflu Causing Increased Deaths from Flu?

15 February 2018

Tamiflu is not responsible for the high number of flu season deaths, even if its...

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Did a Texas Teacher Named Heather Holland Die Because She Couldn’t Afford Flu Medicine? The 38-year-old's death from complications of influenza became an internet cause célèbre after it was...

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Flu Season Still Getting Worse; Now as Bad as 2009 Swine Flu

9 February 2018

The U.S. government's flu report showed the flu has further tightened its grip on the...

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US Flu Season Gets Worse, Has ‘Lot More Steam’ Than Expected

19 January 2018

This year’s U.S. flu season got off to an early start, and it’s been driven...

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Did a CDC Doctor Say the Flu Shot Is Causing a Deadly Outbreak?

17 January 2018

A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the...

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Should You Avoid Getting a Flu Shot?

8 October 2016

It’s flu season, and that means a whole new wave of recycled anti-vaccine fearmongering.

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