Want to stay well? Wash your hands September 28, 2017 | UC Irvine Health Mom drilled the words into your head: Always wash your hands thoroughly before eating and after using the restroom. But maybe you weren’t... Read More Tags prevention hand washing health tips infections
Dodging the back-to-school bugs September 20, 2016 | UC Irvine Health School is back in session, and classrooms can be germ factories. What can you do to protect your kids – and keep them from infecting the rest... Read More Tags kids' health viruses hand washing bacteria vaccines immunizations flu
Is it stomach flu or food poisoning? January 21, 2016 | Kristina Lindgren You’re feeling queasy and nauseated. Is it something you ate or did you catch a stomach bug? It’s hard to tell without a lab test, but the symptoms... Read More Tags digestive health food safety hand washing
10 flu myths busted December 03, 2015 | Heather Shannon Myths about the flu are everywhere, making it difficult to tell the difference between what's fact and what's fiction. UC Irvine Health internist... Read More Tags flu viruses infections hand washing immunizations vaccines
Update on 2014–2015 seasonal flu December 08, 2014 | Kristina Lindgren The 2014-2015 influenza vaccine may not provide complete protection from the most common flu strain now in circulation, but it still may reduce the... Read More Tags flu hand washing viruses immunizations