Seasonal Influenza
Between 5 and 20 percent of Americans will fall ill this year from seasonal influenza. Symptoms include fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Your best defense against the flu is to have a flu vaccination each year, says Jill DeBoer, associate director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy.
In the case of an emergency, such as the pandemic flu or a natural disaster, would you and your family be prepared? 
The relationship between respiratory disease and mining work has been a continuing concern in northeastern Minnesota, where unusually high rates of mesothelioma—a rare and fatal form of cancer—have been reported among males since the late 1980s. Jeffrey Mandel, an environmental health sciences professor at the University of Minnesota, is helping lead an effort to find out why. 
Last week, President Bush vetoed a $35 billion expansion of the 10-year-old State Children's Health Insurance Program, or S-CHIP. 
Three out of four American adults know little or nothing about peripheral arterial disease or PAD, a common blockage of blood vessels in the legs that boosts heart risk. That’s according to a report co-authored by Dr. Alan Hirsch, a professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota. 
Last modified on Monday Jul 02, 2007