Study tries to detect flu before the first sneeze

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 16:21 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine - with a mere drop of blood - who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.

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