Vaccination
Is the nasal spray flu vaccine a good option this flu season?
With flu season fast approaching, health experts have emphasized that this year, more than ever, it's important to get vaccinated for the flu.
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
ACIP issues recommendations for 2020 to 2021 flu vaccination
(HealthDay)—Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations have been updated to include the influenza vaccination for the 2020 to 2021 season; the recommendations were published in the Aug. 21 issue ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds dedicated clinics can reduce impact of flu pandemic
A new study concludes that opening clinics dedicated specifically to treating influenza can limit the number of people infected and help to "flatten the curve," or reduce the peak prevalence rate. While the work focused on ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Vaccination
Why we should already be planning for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
We do not yet have a vaccine that can be used to help protect people from contracting COVID-19. However, once a vaccine is proven to be both safe and effective, governments, industry and healthcare providers will face the ...
Jul 29, 2020
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Pediatrics
Flu in early life determines our susceptibility to future infections
Early infections of influenza A can help predict how the virus will affect people across different ages in the future and could impact the effectiveness of flu vaccines, says a new study published today in eLife.
Jul 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What makes a 'wave' of disease? An epidemiologist explains
Panic about a second wave of coronavirus cases is "overblown," Vice President Mike Pence wrote in June, implying the U.S. has COVID-19 under control. On the other hand, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Alert but not alarmed: What to make of new H1N1 swine flu with 'pandemic potential' found in China
Researchers have found a new strain of flu virus with "pandemic potential" in China that can jump from pigs to humans, triggering a suite of worrying headlines.
Jul 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
5 ways the world is better off dealing with a pandemic now than in 1918
Near the end of the First World War, a deadly flu raced across the globe. The influenza pandemic became the most severe pandemic in recent history, infecting about one-third of the world's population between 1918 and 1920 ...
Jun 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Homeless likelier to go on ventilators for respiratory infections than the non-homeless
Researchers from UCLA, Harvard Medical School and the University of Tokyo found that during a recent six-year period, homeless people in New York state were more likely to hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnancy and birth in the time of a pandemic
When it comes to COVID-19 and pregnancy, there's a lot we don't know.
Jun 15, 2020
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