Science on Tap Santa Cruz - The Flu and your Heart

We all have experienced the miserable effects of the seasonal flu - cough, fever, full-body chills, and long days in bed. But it turns out severe flu can quietly find its way to your heart, and it’s a major reason serious infections can be so dangerous. The strange part? The heart can be affected even without the virus reaching it.  Join me as I explore how an infection that starts in the lungs creeps to the heart, what my research has uncovered about why this happens, and what it might mean for how we protect ourselves against flu complications. No science background needed, just curiosity (and maybe a crepe).