Flu Facts

FICTION. A cold or flu is a virus, and, therefore, cannot be treated with antibiotics. There are medications that can alleviate the symptoms of flu and make you feel better, but the best defense against influenza is to be vaccinated against it. There is no vaccine against the common cold.

Source: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.


If you have the flu, you shouldn’t go to work.
FACT OR FICTION?

Reviewed by Francine Kaufman, MD. 01/09