Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases A-Z: Roll up your sleeve, it's time for your flu shot
When is the best time to get your flu shot? Ideally, it's before flu season becomes active in your community.
Oct 2, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Busting flu vaccine myths to keep you safe
It is that time of year—flu season is upon us. While there is extensive research supporting vaccination and the impact on public health in fighting infectious disease, you may have questions about effectiveness and safety ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Vaccination
Why the flu shot cannot give you the flu (and why you should get one now)
Flu vaccination prevents millions of flu-related illnesses and deaths annually, but vaccination rates are low for many reasons.
Sep 27, 2019
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Vaccination
Only thing certain about flu season: you need to get your shot
(HealthDay)—Although no one knows yet how severe this flu season will be, now is the time to get vaccinated, health officials say.
Sep 24, 2019
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Cardiology
Flu vaccination linked with lower risk of death in patients with high blood pressure
Influenza vaccination in patients with high blood pressure is associated with an 18% reduced risk of death during flu season, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of ...
Sep 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
2018 to 2019 influenza season in U.S. was longest in 10 years
In the United States, the 2018 to 2019 influenza season was of moderate severity and lasted 21 weeks, according to research published in the June 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and ...
Jun 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here's what to look out for this winter
A ten-year-old Perth boy is the latest Australian child to die from suspected influenza so far this year. This follows the deaths of three Victorian children, and a teenager in South Australia.
Jun 6, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
This year the flu came in two waves—here's why
The just-ended 2018-2019 flu season was relatively mild compared to the last season, during which nearly 80,000 people in the U.S. died of flu-related illness, according to estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
May 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the flu vaccine fails
Influenza is ubiquitous. Every fall, we line up to get our flu shots with the hope that we will be protected from the virus that infects 10 to 20 percent of people worldwide each year. But some years, the vaccine is less ...
Apr 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two-wave US flu season is now the longest in a decade
Three months ago, this flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S. But a surprising second viral wave has made it the longest in 10 years.
Apr 19, 2019
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