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Tools and resources for preventing, diagnosing, and treating respiratory illnesses including the common cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19.
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- Manage your symptoms from home
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- Stay up-to-date on your vaccines
- Explore COVID-19 testing options or report a home antigen result
- How effective is the flu shot? How does the flu spread? When is flu season? Get to know these key flu facts, so you can avoid the flu and stay healthy.
- Vaccines can help protect you and your family against seasonal respiratory viruses like influenza (the flu) and RSV, as well as COVID-19.
- Health Article description.Getting the flu vaccine every year prevents flu infection and its complications in most people. There are different ways to get a flu vaccine. Talk to your doctor about what is right for you. You cannot get the flu from the vaccine. The vaccine...
- Health Article description.Guides you through the decision to get a flu vaccine. Provides info on the flu vaccine. Explains who should and should not get a flu vaccine. Covers benefits and risks. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
- Health Article description.Influenza vaccine can prevent influenza (flu). Flu is a contagious disease that spreads around the United States every year, usually between October and May. Anyone can get the flu, but it is more dangerous for some people. Infants and young children, people 65 years and older, pregnant women, and...
- Health Article description.Influenza (flu) vaccine can save lives. Sometimes people choose not to get the vaccine because of incorrect information they've heard about the vaccine or the flu. With conflicting messages out there, it can be hard to know what's true and what to...
- Health Article description.Links to information on colds and flu. Covers at-home treatment for cold and flu symptoms, the flu vaccine, prevention of colds and flu, and medicines for the flu.
- Health Article description.Discusses symptoms of the flu, which is caused by the influenza virus. Covers how it's spread and when people who have the flu are contagious. Discusses prevention, including getting the influenza vaccine. Offers home treatment tips.
- Health Article description.Your immunity protects both you and your unborn baby (fetus). After you have been immunized (vaccinated) against or infected by a virus or bacteria, your body forms an immunity to it. Full immunity can protect you from future infection, either for a lifetime or a limited period. Partial immunity strengthens how well...
- Health Article description.The flu and a cold are both respiratory infections. Both are caused by viruses. But the flu is not the same as a cold. Flu symptoms are usually much worse than a cold. The flu usually comes on suddenly and lasts longer. Symptoms may include: A fever.
- Health Article description.Bird flu is an infection caused by a certain type of avian influenza virus mostly found in wild birds. There are many types of bird flu, such as the H5N1 and H7N9 viruses. Most of the time, wild birds don't get sick from the virus. But wild birds...
- Health Article description.Find out the important things that happen for you and others when you're protected by the flu vaccine.
- Health Article description.Vaccines help protect you from getting sick and spreading diseases. You can find information about each vaccine. Most vaccines are given as shots, but some are pills or sprays. You usually need them before starting school, college, or for travelling to other countries.
- Kaiser Permanente’s statement on vaccine access.
- Get up-to-date information on the COVID-19 vaccine, including how to schedule an appointment and safety and effectiveness.
- Health Article description.Provides links to information about the immune system. Includes info about immunizations, HIV and autoimmune disorders, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.
- Health Article description.Vaccinations (also called immunizations) help protect your child from getting certain diseases that are spread from person to person (infectious diseases). They also help reduce the spread of a disease to prevent a sudden outbreak of the disease,
- Health Article description.Starting at 1 to 2 months after birth, premature infants (preemies) need all the same vaccines that full-term infants get. The one vaccine that your preemie may not get on schedule is the hepatitis B vaccine. In full-term infants, it may be given...
- Health Article description.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) prepare immunization schedules based on age. Each year, the CDC and AAP review the immunization schedules for children and adults and make new...
- Resources and information for understanding COVID-19. Get care for symptoms, schedule a vaccination, and order a COVID-19 test.
- Health Article description.Provides links that give tips, like making the most of your appointment and getting better care at lower costs. Also includes links on understanding lab results and deciding whether to get a flu vaccine.
- What’s the difference between the common cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19? Learn about respiratory infections and how to prevent and treat them.
- Health Article description.Vaccines help keep you and your child from getting certain diseases that are spread from person to person (infectious diseases). They also help reduce the spread of a disease and prevent a sudden outbreak of the disease, which is called an epidemic.
- Health Article description.Learn the difference between symptoms of the flu and COVID-19.
- Health Article description.Learn about the COVID-19 vaccine for children, including what it is and why they should get it.
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