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Tacoma, Washington, resident Jamie Smith faces a stark choice: Get a flu shot or lose her foster child. The state of Washington could take Smith’s two-week-old foster son if she and her family do not get the flu vaccine. All ...

Sometimes we get it. No matter how much we try to prevent it, we end up catching the flu anyway. Once we feel the flu’s achy, congested grip, many of us feel like giving up, crawling in bed and saying ...

You know the feeling. It may start with a scratchy throat or with a few more aches and pains than normal. Or it could begin with a runny nose and a feeling of exhaustion. Yes, it’s a cold coming on ...

Garlic is the trailblazer member of the onion family in the health department. With its favorable action against cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and what not, garlic leads the way in fighting numerous ailments. While people who have ...

A Florida mother says a flu vaccination transformed her daughter from a healthy little girl into a paralytic who can barely talk. Marysue Grivna was a healthy and active girl until last November, but now she cannot walk because of ...

Chicken noodle soup is good for you when you’re sick. That’s the widespread consensus, the wisdom passed down by mothers and grandmothers for generations. Some claim that this is just an old wives’ tale, and that the soup is really ...

by Jessica Whited, R.N. With hospitals mandating the flu shot and government agencies recommending it to be given to children as young as six months old every year for the rest of their lives (1), many would assume it must ...

Like many people all over the country, we here at Off the Grid News and Off the Grid Radio are suffering the same exposure to the flu virus that is incapacitating thousands across the country. This bug is unlike many ...

Imagine getting sick one day, assuming it is the plain old flu, and being so sick a few days later that you are admitted to the hospital. No treatments work, you get sicker and sicker, and everyone you encounter also ...

As summer slowly turns to fall and on into winter, I can’t help but looking glumly into the eye of cold and flu season. I thought that I should take a look at what herbs could help us build up ...