A Rice University study predicts that this fall's flu vaccine—a new H3N2 formulation for the first time since 2015—will likely have the same reduced efficacy against the dominant circulating strain of influenza A as the ...
Apr 19, 2018
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(HealthDay)—If you're unlucky enough to come down with the flu, you can blame your own body for your fever, cough, muscle aches and head-to-toe distress, experts say.
Feb 27, 2018
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In their first assessment of this season's influenza vaccine, federal health officials said last week that the current vaccine is 36 percent effective overall.
Feb 21, 2018
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New research on why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years shows that immune history with the flu influences a person's response to the vaccine.
Feb 20, 2018
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In an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's horror flu season, Health Minister Greg Hunt yesterday announced the government would fund two new flu vaccines in 2018 to try to better protect the elderly.
Feb 19, 2018
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The current 2017-18 flu season is a bad one. Hospitalization rates are now higher than in recent years at the same point, and infection rates are still rising. The best line of defense is the seasonal influenza vaccine. But ...
Feb 16, 2018
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The flu has been our viral companion for millennia, but its capricious behavior continues to confound scientists and public health experts.
Feb 9, 2018
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(HealthDay)—One hundred years ago, the deadliest influenza pandemic of all time made a ravaging march across the globe.
Feb 7, 2018
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The current influenza outbreak—the worst across the United States in nearly a decade—is worrisome but still far less dire than a pandemic flu, which could kill millions. Such pandemics are exceedingly difficult to predict, ...
Jan 31, 2018
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This year's flu season has hit the United States hard, with nearly every state reporting widespread influenza activity in early January. In California, at least 42 people under the age of 65 have died from the flu, and the ...
Jan 18, 2018
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