The Guide to Venturing Outside (and Staying Healthy) This Winter Season

You cannot stop it—you can only hope to contain it! Winter is just around the corner and that means the sniffles are coming. If you have a small child or your significant other comes down with the flu or a cold, there is often only so much you can do to protect yourself. But what about outside the house?

You likely will not be surprised to learn that employees miss quite a bit of time due to flu-related illness—about 17 million workdays each year in fact. And the 2017-2018 season included the highest rate of flu activity since 2009, resulting in an estimated 48.8 million people getting sick with influenza, 22.7 million people going to a health care provider, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths. These staggering … Click HERE to continue reading