Most of us hae heard of lyme disease - or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - which are both caused by ticks. But one Virginia family got a hard lesson on a different tick related illness.
Most of us are familiar with the symptoms of the flu; fever, chills, fatigue, stuffy nose, sore throat. Most of us know that it is caused by the influenza virus. And we all dread it. But just what is the flu?
The flu is not a just a bad cold. It's a serious illness that causes 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths a year. So it's important to recognize flu symptoms.
