1.   What is the Flu?  Different types of Flu  Symptoms of the Flu  How to prevent getting the Flu  Resources

2.  -Influenza is a contagious viral infection in the respiratory tract.  -It is spread through the air and contaminated objects.  The flu can be a mild to severe illness.  A person with the flu can be contagious for up to a day until their symptoms appear.

3. - Although when we become sick our bodies makes a antibody for the future, the flu mutates every year. - With these changes we recently experienced H1N1, a swine flu outbreak in 2009-2010 where it spread worldwide. 

4.  Fever  Chills  Headache  Muscle aches  Dizziness  Loss of Appetite  Tiredness  Cough  Sore throat  Runny nose  Nausea or vomiting  Weakness  Ear pain  Diarrhea

5. Types of Vaccines Who should be vaccinated?  There are two forms of the Flu Vaccine.  The flu shot, which is given by needle and the nasal-spray flu vaccine  Anyone 6 months and older is recommended to get the Flu shot  The next best way to prevent getting the Flu is to wash your hands.

6.  Lynn R. Marotz.2008.Health Safety and Nutrition for Young Children, Seventh edition (7 th ed.) Thomson Delmar Learning  Center of Disease Control and Prevention.(2010)February10, 2011. Key Fcts about Influenza and (FLU) &Flu vaccine. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm  TeensHealth. (2005-2011). FLU FACTS. February 10,2011. http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/flu.html http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/flu.html  Center of Disease Control and Prevention. 2008. February 10, 2011. http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/