Blog Tag - Flu

How to Use Alipay to Book Your Flu Vaccine This Winter
In the wake of the coronavirus, Beijingers are more eager than usual to make sure they don't catch this year's mutation of the influenza virus as...
Flu Season Hits Beijing - Here's What You Need to Know About Getting a Shot
Beware, Beijingers, the winter flu is officially here, and just because COVID is no longer a worry in Beijing doesn't mean you're safe from this...
DP Bubonic Plague Patients Land in Chaoyang, Flu Season Enters Peak Contagion Period
Yes, it’s true. Authorities have confirmed two cases of the plague – an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis – in Chaoyang...
Flu Season in China Leaves Vaccine Questions in Its Wake
The end of the Spring Festival also marks the end of flu season for another year, but it leaves behind once more a fierce debate about the merits of...
Mask Up, the Next Wave of Influenza Outbreaks is Coming
If you thought the coast was clear, you couldn’t be more wrong. We advise you all to remain vigilant as a spike in flu outbreaks, mainly triggered by...
Flu Epidemic Sweeps Beijing and China With Several Unusual Strains to Blame
Has the office been looking a little empty this week? Winter, and especially early January, is a time of increased illness thanks to weakened immune...
World Health Organization Sounds Alarm on Abuse of Antibiotics
Urgent action is needed to change the way both doctors and consumers use antibiotics, to avoid a post-antibiotics era where these drugs no longer...
Cold and Flu Prevention: Nothing to Sneeze At
Once again, it is cold and flu season. The most common-sense preventive measure is handwashing. The effectiveness of this simple step has been...
It's Back (and Never Really Went Away): New H7N9 Case Reported
It has been about a month since we have heard of any new cases of H7N9, now a 61-year-old woman from Hebei province is the latest one. The woman...