Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Asthma may heighten flu risk and cause dangerous mutations
A subtype of asthma in adults may cause higher susceptibility to influenza and could result in dangerous flu mutations.
Feb 16, 2021
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Influenza
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lessons from the flu season
Australian researchers have come up with two key recommendations from studies of the annual influenza season—one highlighting the benefits of antivirals in reducing repeat hospitalization, and the other to watch for underlying ...
Feb 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Risk of death from COVID-19 3.5 times higher than from flu
A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.
Feb 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Unusual 2019-2020 flu season linked to more transmissible strain
The 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. was unusual in a number of ways. Cases picked up in August rather than the more typical fall and early winter months, and it hit children particularly hard. It was also dominated early ...
Feb 4, 2021
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Medical research
If control measures are stopping flu in its tracks, why aren't they stopping coronavirus?
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, other respiratory illnesses have been unusually quiet this year. Fears of a dangerous influenza and COVID-19 "syndemic" have not come to pass as influenza cases reached some of the lowest rates ...
Feb 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Decreases in influenza, other viral infections doesn't mean those viruses have gone away
Infectious diseases experts are seeing an unusual trend when it comes to influenza, and other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. For the first time, many viral infections other than COVID-19 are being suppressed.
Jan 25, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Either trivalent flu vaccine safe for use in seniors
Either the trivalent adjuvanted inactivated influenza vaccine (aIIV3) or the trivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV3) is safe to use in older adults, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in JAMA ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Vaccination
State laws promoting flu vaccination for hospital workers may help prevent deaths from flu and pneumonia
Research suggests that state laws promoting influenza vaccination for hospital workers can be effective in preventing deaths from pneumonia and influenza, particularly among the elderly. Findings from a quasi-experimental ...
Jan 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza: comparison of data from over 130,000 hospitalized patients
Nearly twice as many people were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic than were for influenza at the peak of the 2018/2019 flu season, a study of French national data published today in The Lancet ...
Dec 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Point of care testing can improve the detection and treatment of influenza
Southampton-led research has shown that implementing point-of-care testing in hospitals to diagnose influenza can lead to better treatment and faster recovery for patients. The researchers are now calling for routine use ...
Dec 14, 2020
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