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What to Do if You Have Swine Flu

What you can do: Don't panic—most people recover just fine. But do follow two key practices: hydration and monitoring. Contact a doctor if you seem to recover but then start relapsing.

Egg Allergy: Don't Rule Out Flu Vaccine Just Yet

What you can do: If you or your child could have an egg-induced vaccine allergy, figure out where you fall on the color-coded system, and take steps from there.

Fight the Flu: Make Your Own Natural Hand Sanitizer

What you can do: Don't panic—most people recover just fine. But do follow two key practices: hydration and monitoring. Contact a doctor if you seem to recover but then start relapsing.

10 Ways to Avoid Swine Flu in Public

What you can do: Wherever you go, practice the Big Three antiflu strategies.

This or That: Kill Flu Germs With Bleach or Disinfectant?

What you can do: Pick the disinfectant that's both effective and won't have long-term health or environmental effects.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: Beat the Flu With Your Mind!

What you can do: Try a daily mindfulness meditation exercise, both to beat the flu now and to gain long-term defenses against stress and the challenges of life.

How to Set Up a Swine Flu Sick Room

What you can do: Halt swine-flu transmission at home by creating a sickroom for an ill family member. Be more concerned about flu germs in the air than contaminated surfaces.

Stop the Spread of Flu in 15 Seconds

Learn proper hand-washing technique...and use it.

This or That: Swine Flu Shot or Not?

What you can do: Don't play Russian roulette with your health; go the route that puts you at least risk.

What to Eat if You Have Swine Flu

What you can do: Start eating foods that boost your immune system as swine flu outbreaks worsen throughout the country.

Should You Exercise When You're Sick?

What you can do: Cut the length of a cold with regular 45-minute walks, but stay in bed if you've come down with the flu.

Some Pregnant Women Are Wary of Getting a Flu Shot While Pregnant

What you can do: Make a decision you feel comfortable with, and practice good immune-boosting and prevention tactics in any case.

Seasonal Flu Vaccine Shortage Caused by H1N1 Vaccine Production

What you can do: Can't get a flu shot yet because of the vaccine shortage? Be patient. Most orders will be shipped out later this month, long before the seasonal flu's winter peak.

First Spray-in-the-Nose Swine-Flu Vaccines Arrive This Week [Take our POLL]

What you can do: Be in touch with your doctor now, and follow local media reports for swine-flu vaccination announcements in your area.

Don't Get Sick at the Doctor's Office

What you can do: Consider taking your own pen to sign in at the doctor's office, if preventing flu is on your to-do list.

How to Use Yoga to Prevent Swine Flu

What you can do: Tune up your immune system to the max with 15 minutes of yoga every other day.

The Swine Flu Guide for College Students

What you can do: If your roommate is feeling ill, get him or her to a student health center ASAP, and check to see if there's a sick dorm on campus where they can recover.

Study: To Stop Swine Flu, Wash Early, Wash Often, Wear a Flu Mask at Home

What you can do: Keep a supply of N-95 and surgical face masks on hand, in case someone in your house becomes infected with the flu, and know how to wear one correctly.

How to Prep Your Lungs to Resist Swine Flu

What you can do: Avoid lung irritation by nixing the use of perfumes, hairsprays, and chemical air fresheners.

Swine Flu Update: Govt Decides Who Will Get Vaccine

What you can do: Keep an eye on local media reports to find out when and where H1N1 vaccines will be made available, especially if you’re in an at-risk group.

Swine Flu Vaccine: Don't Count on It

What you can do: Know how to reach your local health department; skip flu parties, they’re a bad idea.

Seasonal Flu Vaccine on Track; Swine Flu Vaccine Still in the Planning Stage

What you can do: Keep in touch with your local health department to find out if and when H1N1 vaccines will be available, and whether you qualify to receive one.

Flu Masks: What You Need to Know

What you can do: Have a few N95 masks on hand, but don't bust them out until they're needed.

Fight the Flu with an Herbal Toolkit

What you can do: Along with standard flu-fighting strategies, consider adding some herbal remedies to your medicine cabinet.

Get Ready Now for Swine Flu's Return

What you can do: As H1N1 cases taper off, you can make plans for its possible resurgence.

Summer Considerations for Swine Flu's Fall Return

What you can do: Call up your local health department now and ask what your community's fall vaccine plan looks like.

Wake-Up Call: Factory Farms Could Be Breeding Swine Flu

What you can do: Tell your elected officials you want agricultural programs to subsidize safer, smaller, more diversified farming operations.

Tough-to-Kill Germs found in Chicken and Hog Farms

What you can do: Shop for antibiotic-free meat, cook it thoroughly, and get rid of the other antibiotics in your medicine chest.

10 Ways to Defend Your Mind and Body from the New Flu

What you can do: Keep the outbreak in perspective, and wash your hands the way germ experts do.

How to Keep Swine Flu Out of Your House

What you can do: Wash your hands--the proper way--often. Mix up a homemade formula that wipes out flu germs.

Don't Worry Yourself Sick over Swine Flu

What you can do: Stick to your daily routine, don't listen too much to the news, and use commonsense methods to protect yourself from getting sick.

WHO Declares Swine Flu a Pandemic

What you can do: Continue to wash your hands often, as if we were in the middle of flu season, and stay home from work if you're sick.

Emergency Declared as Swine Flu Outbreaks are Studied

What you can do: Wash your hands with hot, soapy water often; don't go to work or school if you're experiencing flu-like symptoms.