{"id":39845,"date":"2018-10-29T07:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39845"},"modified":"2018-10-29T07:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:03:01","slug":"city-size-structure-can-influence-influenza-epidemics-scientists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39845","title":{"rendered":"City Size &#038; Structure Can Influence Influenza Epidemics, Scientists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/city-size-structure-can-influence-influenza-epidemics-scientists-say_29102018\/\">City Size &amp; Structure Can Influence Influenza Epidemics, Scientists Say<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48996 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ready-Nutrition-City-Size-and-Structure-Influences-the-Flu.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ready-Nutrition-City-Size-and-Structure-Influences-the-Flu.jpg 550w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ready-Nutrition-City-Size-and-Structure-Influences-the-Flu-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Ready Nutrition - City Size &amp; Structure Can Influence Influenza Epidemics, Scientists Say\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/center>New research is suggesting that the size and structure of the city you live in has the possibility of influencing epidemics.\u00a0 With flu season upon us, and everyone lining up to get the flu shot, researchers are saying an outbreak may be less in our control than we originally thought.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But just how does your city\u2019s structure impact an epidemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether flu cases rise to a wintertime peak or plateau from fall to spring, new research suggests that the size of a city itself influences the contours of its flu season\u00a0according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/city-size-and-structure-may-influence-influenza-epidemics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Science News<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Larger cities with higher levels of crowding were associated with a steady accumulation of influenza cases throughout a flu season.\u00a0Smaller cities with less crowding\u00a0tended to have a flu season with a more intense surge in winter, researchers <a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aat6030\">report<\/a> in the October 5\u00a0<em>p<\/em>ublication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding how the size and structure of cities impact disease spread may help us to predict and control epidemics,\u201d study co-author and population biologist Benjamin Dalziel of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, said October 2 at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/city-size-and-structure-may-influence-influenza-epidemics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the United States, \u201cflu season\u201d occurs during fall and winter.\u00a0The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Flu activity typically peaks between December and February, but activity can last as late as May, according to the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/is-the-cdc-more-prepared-for-this-years-flu-season-and-are-you_11102018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ready Nutrition<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48882 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-CDC-Flu-Season-Preparedness.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-CDC-Flu-Season-Preparedness.jpg 600w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ready-Nutrition-CDC-Flu-Season-Preparedness-300x188.jpg 300w\" alt=\"After the 2017 horrific flu season, many are wondering if in fact the CDC is prepared for this year's flu season. Hear the CDC's concerns, know the facts, and learn how to improve your immune system naturally to fight the dreaded flu season.\" width=\"423\" height=\"265\" \/>Flu cases generally peak during the winter in most areas of the United States because the air is quite a bit drier.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Size &amp; Structure Can Influence Influenza Epidemics, Scientists Say New research is suggesting that the size and structure of the city you live in has the possibility of influencing epidemics.\u00a0 With flu season upon us, and everyone lining up to get the flu shot, researchers are saying an outbreak may be less in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22660,22661,3262,11419,1697,17938,11955,1371,6787,20441,22662,885],"class_list":["post-39845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-city-size","tag-city-structure","tag-disease","tag-epidemic","tag-flu","tag-flu-season","tag-influenza","tag-population","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-sara-tipton","tag-science-news","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39846,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39845\/revisions\/39846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}