Hand-washing 101: When Scrubbing up Spreads Germs
Our hands allow us to work, interact and take care of our children -- but they can also make us sick."Hand-to-face contact is the most common way germs are spread,"…
Flu-Proof Your Home
This year has been one of the worst for cold and flu in recent history, according to medical experts (and moms!). But this fact doesn’t mean that your family is…
Immune-boosting Foods You’ll Love
You've heard it before: The best offense is good defense. During cold and flu season, nutrition plays a major role in how well your immune system can fight off sniffles…
A School Nurse’s Tricks to Avoid Getting Sick
Your little one is coughing, sneezing and asking for comfort. How can you tell a cold from the flu? Knowing the difference between the two is important for any parent.…
7 Steps to Boost Your Child’s Immunity
The best offense is a good defense. It's a saying that holds as true for football as it does for cold and flu season. But fending off colds doesn't just…
5 Immune-boosting Recipes
Cold and flu season is here, which means that your family is fending off viruses right and left. But the one thing that your kids do as nearly as often…
Important Facts About Pregnancy and the Flu
Preparing for a new baby is an exciting time, but as any expectant mom will tell you, it can also be stressful. And the news that the swine flu is…
Seasonal Flu Fundamentals
To keep your family healthy and safe this flu season, it's important to know all you can about the flu. Here are seasonal flu fundamentals on everything from symptoms to…
3 Common Cold and Flu Myths
Mothers usually know best. But your mom may have led you astray with a few pieces of her sick-day advice. Parents often ask my opinion about a piece of cold…
Five Ways to Avoid the Flu
It is not new news that the flu is bad news. Influenza has been the bane of human beings for centuries. Witness the so-called “Spanish Flu” of 1918 that killed…