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The University of Liverpool is improving the UK’s preparedness for another influenza pandemic through its involvement in an innovative network of research studies ‘hibernating’ on standby ready to be activated if an outbreak strikes, according to a newly published article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The network was established by the National Institute for Health […]
When flu season peaks after mid-winter, tens of thousands of influenza cases and hundreds of deaths can likely be avoided if older adults wait until October to get their flu immunization, a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine analysis reveals in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The protection offered by […]
This year’s flu shot is already outperforming the vaccine issued during the tough 2017-2018 influenza season, federal health officials reported Thursday. The 2017-2018 flu shot offered just 25 percent effectiveness against the predominant strain of flu that season, H3N2. But this year’s shot offers 47 percent protection against all circulating strains, according to researchers at […]
TUESDAY, Nov. 27, 2018 (American Heart Association) — There isn’t much news about this flu season yet, and the headlines about last year’s terrible toll have faded. But don’t stop paying attention to the annual health menace, and what nearly everyone needs to do about it: Get a flu shot. “It’s still early in the […]
1) The flu vaccine The most important vaccination is the annual flu shot. Since the circulating flu virus changes from year to year, it’s good to get into the ritual of getting a shot around September or October annually. Getting a bad case of the flu can lead to a lung infection called […]
Health professionals are urging citizens to get their flu shot. (iStock) Following last year’s flu season — the worst in decades, killing an estimated 80,000 Americans — health professionals have a strong warning for citizens as this year’s flu season arrives: get your flu shot. “The flu shot is incredibly important because it reduces your risk […]
Flu season is descending upon us, and anyone who remembers how severe the flu was last year has probably already rolled up their sleeve for this year’s vaccine, or has made plans to do so soon. For the record, the Centers for Disease Control recommends that just about everyone over the age of six months […]
The flu shot was kind of a crapshoot last year after a ton of people went under the needle but got the flu anyway because of a “vaccine mismatch,” according to a commentary in The New England Journal of Medicine. But yeah, that still doesn’t mean you should be thinking about skipping this year’s injection. […]
Flu jab given to millions offered NO protection against the killer ‘Aussie’ strain, admit public health officials Public Health England said the jab had ‘no effectiveness’ against H3N2 Unprecedented pressure on the NHS was blamed on the potent strain The new PHE data suggests the vaccines may have been partly to blame e-mail View comments […]