/tags/influenza Influenza en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 28 May 2025 17:31:21 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-05-28/the-return-of-hotel-influenza-where-guests-get-paid-to-get-sick You can’t check out anytime you like because you’ll be infected with influenza. Wed, 28 May 2025 17:31:21 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-05-28/the-return-of-hotel-influenza-where-guests-get-paid-to-get-sick Danny Wicentowski /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-03-25/bird-flu-should-be-on-all-our-minds-says-st-louis-zoo-epidemiologist Avian influenza is affecting poultry flocks, wild waterfowl, marine mammals, bears, foxes, leopards, cows, cats, dogs and humans, among other species. What’s behind such a high rate of interspecies transmission? Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-03-25/bird-flu-should-be-on-all-our-minds-says-st-louis-zoo-epidemiologist Emily Woodbury /news-briefs/2024-09-06/cdc-confirms-the-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu-in-missouri-but-says-public-risk-is-low The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services detected the first human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case. Infection transmission among the public remains low. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:42:38 GMT /news-briefs/2024-09-06/cdc-confirms-the-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu-in-missouri-but-says-public-risk-is-low Andrea Y. Henderson /health-science-environment/2024-02-09/wash-u-researchers-find-flu-can-have-lingering-effects-similar-to-long-covid Scientists at Washington University have found that patients hospitalized with the flu can display long-term effects similar to those found in long COVID patients. The scientists studied Veterans Administration records to compare outcomes of the two viruses. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:20:23 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-02-09/wash-u-researchers-find-flu-can-have-lingering-effects-similar-to-long-covid Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2022-12-05/flu-cases-are-rising-quickly-in-the-st-louis-region Some of the same safety precautions that were encouraged to stop the spread of COVID-19 are also useful for preventing influenza. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 03:34:34 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-12-05/flu-cases-are-rising-quickly-in-the-st-louis-region Kate Grumke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-01/st-louis-response-to-the-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-was-lauded-rightly-so In determining the best guidelines for government action during the COVID-19 outbreak, city leaders and officials are looking at how different metros… Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:46:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-01/st-louis-response-to-the-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-was-lauded-rightly-so Emily Woodbury /2020-02-27/researchers-step-up-efforts-to-develop-a-universal-flu-vaccine Scientists are pushing hard to find a more effective way to prevent nearly all seasonal flu strains with one shot. For starters, they're paying volunteers to spend a 10-day stint in "Hotel Influenza." Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:00:12 GMT /2020-02-27/researchers-step-up-efforts-to-develop-a-universal-flu-vaccine Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2019-12-18/volunteers-get-paid-to-take-a-strange-twisted-vacation-at-st-louis-hotel-influenza Sarah King isn’t afraid of having the flu — in fact, she considers herself an “excellent sick person.”“I have a pretty high pain tolerance,” King said.… Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:26:41 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-12-18/volunteers-get-paid-to-take-a-strange-twisted-vacation-at-st-louis-hotel-influenza Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2019-01-11/mild-missouri-winter-keeps-the-flu-at-bay-for-now The number of cases reported in Missouri this flu season is only a fifth of last year’s, thanks in part to mild temperatures.There have been 5,460 flu… Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:59:18 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-01-11/mild-missouri-winter-keeps-the-flu-at-bay-for-now Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2018-10-17/a-person-should-get-vaccinated-flu-shots-could-stop-another-brutal-flu-season Missouri health officials are urging people to get a flu shot this year to prevent a repeat of 2017’s brutal flu season.As of Oct. 6, health officials… Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:27:26 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-10-17/a-person-should-get-vaccinated-flu-shots-could-stop-another-brutal-flu-season Sarah Fentem