The Flu (Part 2)

About the Video:
Even though the flu comes around every year, it is still something we should take seriously. About 36,000 people in the U.S. die each year from influenza, and about 200,000 people are hospitalized. In this two-part interview with Ellen Beth Levitt, Dr. Harold Standiford will answer some of the most common questions about the flu and discuss how viewers can protect themselves during flu season.

Specific topics covered in part two of this two-part interview include:

Flu vaccine
FluMist
Who should be vaccinated
When to be vaccinated
Flu strains and vaccine development
Flu pandemics

About the Expert:
Dr. Harold Standiford is the medical director of infection control at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is also a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Related Links:

Dr. Harold Standiford
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/harold__standiford.html

The Flu (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2PxVT0BFE

UMMC Family Medicine
http://www.umm.edu/universityfamilymed/

Overview: The Flu
http://www.umm.edu/non_trauma/flu.htm

Feature Story: The Needle-less Flu Vaccine
http://www.umm.edu/features/flumist.htm

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• standiford
• harold standiford
• family medicine
• flu
• influenza
• vaccination
• flumist
• flu strains
• flu pandemics
• mht
• ummc

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helpful video because I have the Flu virus and it sucks