As we enter cold and flu season, I thought I'd share this neat little web nugget with you all: Google Flu Trends. Now how amazing is this? Just when you thought Google could do it all...it pretty much DOES. In the past, state and local health departments have relied on data [...]
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Some of you have asked in the last week why we need to be vaccinated against the flu virus annually. There is a wonderful animation at CNN.com that shows why--the flu virus engages in this really amazing process known as antigen shifting.
Essentially, antigen shifting is a lot like a performer making multiple costume changes [...]
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