Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Adenovirus: Looks like flu. Feels like flu. Puts patients into the hospital like flu can. U.S. military vaccinates recruits against it


Article Title: There's another bad virus going around that is not the flu

Photo is not necessarily the same strain.
Photo: CDC.gov
Snippet of Article: "...The virus is called adenovirus, and it can cause very severe flu-like symptoms. It's so risky that the U.S. military vaccinates recruits against two major strains...But this vaccine is not licensed to be used in civilians...so many outbreaks among new military recruits that the Department of Defense vaccinates personnel against two of the more serious strains with an oral vaccine..."
Article Source: www.msn.com