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TORONTO - After a couple of relatively mild seasons, this year the flu is really making headlines. But there are a lot of viruses making the rounds this winter.

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TORONTO - A growing number of Canadian children with chronic illnesses are being treated with complementary medicine, researchers say, but parents don't always tell doctors they are using the alternative therapies.

TORONTO - From the start of this year's influenza season, public health officials assured people the flu vaccine was a good 'match' for circulating strains of the virus, which suggests it should offer good protection this winter.

CHICAGO - Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S.

WASHINGTON - Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those "get vaccinated" ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain already spreading through much of the country.