Links You Can Use

November 2005

Flu Season 2005-6

Local information can be found on the Washington State Department of Health website's Flu News webpage, as well as Seattle-King County Public Health's Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2005-6. The County site also features information about pandemics, including avian flu.

The Influenza Homepage of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website offers thorough information about the flu, including a map of current flu activity, and information about avian flu.

To find out where you can get a flu shot, visit The American Lung Association's Flu Clinic Locator website. 

The Mayo Clinic Consumer Information website contains information and interactive features about flu prevention and treatment.  

Don't Fall Victim to Medicare Prescription Drug Scams

The National Consumers League's National Fraud Information Center website offers information to help you avoid scam artists many of whom are already trying to cash in on the new Medicare Part D coverage. Medicare Rx Drug Plan Scams tells you what to look out for.

National Memory Screening Day

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America is sponsoring National Memory Screening Day on November 15. The website gives more information and a directory of sites by community.  

See the Seniors Digest Resources Directory for more!