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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 17 > Flu season: This year is different

Flu season: This year is different

Prevention is key for what experts think will be the flu season of all flu seasons

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
September 17, 2009

When it comes to the flu, communicable disease experts over the years have learned one cardinal rule: expect the unexpected.

Influenza is one of nature's great quick-change artists, mutating and combining with different strains, foiling both the body's defenses and medical efforts to stop its....

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