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What’s different about this year’s flu season is that you need two different vaccinations—one to protect against the three seasonal flu strains that are circulating and a second vaccination to protect against 2009 H1N1 influenza.

What do you need to know about 2009 H1N1, and what should you do to protect yourself? Here are some key facts to keep you and your family healthy.

A person with H1N1 flu can pass the virus to others for seven or more days after symptoms appear. Children may be contagious for even longer.

Because the 2009 H1N1 flu virus spreads from person to person, it is possible to catch the virus at work. Here are measures you can take to protect yourself at the office.

According to recent health reports, most cases of 2009 H1N1 infections are among people ages 5 to 24.

The demands of work and family don’t always allow us to control when or where we have to travel. And with the increasing number of U.S. cases of the 2009 H1N1 flu, busy travelers have another reason to feel stressed.

With all the attention that 2009 H1N1 is getting, it's easy to forget that the "traditional" flu is still out there, with the peak flu season hitting during the winter months.