Flu Prevention Saves Lives, Money

The U.S. is now in the grip of a nationwide influenza surge that threatens the lives of thousands of people. City and state governments are declaring health emergencies and television personalities are getting vaccinated on live TV. Still, people so greatly misperceive the severity of flu that it became the punch line for a joke during Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards show. But flu is not a laughing matter. More than 3,700 people have been hospitalized and at least 20 children have...Full Story