Only one in three U.S. adults received the flu vaccine in 2018, a number that has critical implications for the impending flu season, which threatens to overwhelm medical resources and lead to tens of thousands of deaths ...
Aug 27, 2020
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When the flu virus begins mixing with the coronavirus this fall, the resulting double whammy of respiratory disease threatens to overwhelm doctors and hospitals, officials fear.
Aug 26, 2020
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A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID-19 more than four months ago has reportedly been reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This time he didn't have any symptoms.
Aug 26, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Fall is approaching, and so is the possibility of what public health officials are calling a "twindemic"—overlapping epidemics of both COVID-19 and influenza.
Aug 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—When elementary school students get their annual flu shot, everyone benefits, a new study shows.
Aug 21, 2020
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Flu season is just around the corner, and the United States still hasn't contained the coronavirus. That sets up an unsettling challenge this fall: how to minimize the impact of the simultaneous spread of COVID-19 and seasonal ...
Aug 21, 2020
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With the coronavirus still spreading widely, it's time to start thinking seriously about influenza, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Global influenza vaccine makers have produced a record number of doses for the coming flu season, as authorities try to ease the burden on hospitals ahead of an expected COVID-19 resurgence.
Aug 16, 2020
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As the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, health officials worry that social media continues to be awash in misleading information about the virus and the safety of vaccines in general. A new study led by a Virginia Commonwealth ...
Aug 13, 2020
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The flu vaccine is considered one of the great achievements in public health, and each year it prevents millions of people from getting sick and thousands of deaths. Even so, social media messages abound with skepticism and ...
Aug 10, 2020
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