Is it rising temperatures, blooming flowers and the smell of freshly mowed grass that signal summer or your hay fever, congestion, and itchy eyes? If you’re one of the 35 million Americans who suffer from allergies, you know the warmer weather is a warning that allergy season is here.
Read MoreMYTH “The flu isn’t a serious disease.” FACTS Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs, and it can lead to pneumonia. Each year about 200,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized and about 36,000 people die because of the flu. Most who die are 65 years and older. But small children less than 2 years old are as likely as those over 65 to have to go to the hospital because of the flu.
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