Health

Can I develop a COVID infection from the vaccine?

Q: I've heard stories of people getting very sick from the vaccine. If I do decide to get it, do I run the risk of getting COVID-19 from the shot, and what is a typical reaction?

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday it had begun a clinical trial to test an influenza vaccine designed with the same mRNA technology behind its successful COVID-19 shot.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Concerns rise over UK flu outbreak amid vaccine delays

One of the U.K.'s largest suppliers of seasonal influenza vaccines warned Saturday that there could be delivery delays of up to two weeks as a result of a shortage of truck drivers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Upcoming flu season will likely be severe

The 2021-22 influenza season is likely to be more severe than average—and hit young children particularly hard—due to waning population-level immunity from the near-lack of a flu season during last winter's COVID-19 surge, ...

Cardiology

Flu jab after heart attack should become standard care

Influenza vaccination reduces the risk of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis at 12 months in hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction or high-risk coronary disease, according to late breaking ...

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