Release Date: January 2009

THE FLU

Everyone dreads getting the flu. Caused by a virus, it’s spread from person to person by coughing or sneezing or by touching something with the flu virus and then touching your mouth or nose. How can you tell the flu from a common cold? Find out with The Flu, a free fact sheet from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health. Do your best to prevent the flu by getting a flu shot or a nasal spray vaccine. Use this guide to help determine which option is the best for you. By ordering your free copy you can learn other prevention techniques and how to recover as quickly as possible should you catch the flu. To order, send your name and address to the Federal Citizen Information Center, Dept. 561T, Pueblo, CO 81009. Or call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO, that’s 1 (888) 878-3256, and ask for Item 561T. And visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read or print this and hundreds of other FCIC publications for free.

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