Brokaw has been the sole anchor of weekday ``NBC Nightly News'' since 1983, and has an impressive history of ``firsts,'' including: the first exclusive United States one-on-one interview with Mikhail Gorbachev, which earned him an Alfred I.
If you think it's the flu, avoid contact with others. Don't try to power through your day at work, you'll only risk exposing your coworkers and others you come in contact with. If you must go out, for instance to see a doctor, wear a face mask. Influenza is highly contagious, and often debilitating and even deadly.
Doctors say if it's flu -- real influenza, not just what everyone calls the flu -- you'll know it. Severity is really what makes the difference, says lung specialist Neil Schachter of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. With a cold, people think about whether they're well enough to go to work or school.