US known to take precautions of every disease that spreads in the country affecting millions of people, every year and one such among them is the Influenza, commonly known as “the flu”. This is an infectious disease that is spread by birds and mammals caused by RNA Viruses.

Influenza are spread through air by coughs and sneezes. It is also transmitted by direct contact with bird dropping or nasal secretions, it is a contaminated disease. Most common symptoms being fever, runny nose, chills, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, weakness and tiredness.  Children are the most vulnerable to this disease with nausea and vomiting also, it leads to gastroenteritis.

With the latest CDC estimation, the flu is bound to kill nearly 3,000 to 49,000 Americans each year. This creates a new challenges and uncertainties for both the public and the public health community. Especially flu is one of the major checks that need to be done by the Immigration Medical Exam for the Immigrants who apply for the US Citizenship. Proper Vaccinations needs to be administered for these immigrants and the record of the same need to be verified by the Civil Surgeons in order for the immigrants to gain citizenship.

Most of the influenza vaccinations are available in the developed countries. The trivalent influenza vaccine is administered on human being. As per the report Influenza spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, with three to five million sever illness and more than 500,000 deaths.

It is important that people do not ignore the symptoms of the flu as mentioned above and immediately take proper medication.

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