Seasonal influenza epidemics impose substantial burdens on health care systems and cause >5 million hospitalizations of adults each year. The current approach to influenza vaccine development requires comprehensive surveillance ...
Nov 7, 2024
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Health officials have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza in a flock of commercial turkeys in Sacramento County, the latest outbreak to hit the Central Valley's poultry industry.
Nov 6, 2024
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H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically ...
Nov 5, 2024
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The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.
Nov 5, 2024
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Influenza and 2023 to 2024 COVID-19 vaccination coverage is 80.7 and 15.3%, respectively, among health care personnel at acute care hospitals and is lower among health care personnel at nursing homes, according to research ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Influenza-associated hospitalization rates vary across seasons, and only returned to recent pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in the 2022–2023 influenza season, according to research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the U.S. ...
Oct 31, 2024
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A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected animals in studies University ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19 all have one thing in common: They are respiratory infections that cause similar symptoms such as coughing, fever and fatigue. These illnesses can range from mild to severe, especially in people ...
Oct 23, 2024
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As the fall months settle in, Canadians are being urged to take precautions against the upcoming flu season.
Oct 14, 2024
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For patients aged 18 to 64 years with chronic diseases, electronically delivered letter nudges increase influenza vaccination rates compared with usual care, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of ...
Oct 14, 2024
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