Pediatrics
Cell-based influenza vaccine provides protection against the flu in children
A cell-based influenza vaccine has effectively provided protection against the flu in children and adolescents, according to a new study.
Oct 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Despite risks, 60% of Americans say they may delay or skip the flu shot this year
Three in five Americans say they may delay or skip the flu shot this year, despite warnings from health experts the influenza season could start early and be severe, according to a new survey released by the American Heart ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu season paired with COVID-19 presents the threat of a 'twindemic'
As winter looms and hospitals across the U.S. continue to be deluged with severe cases of COVID-19, flu season presents a particularly ominous threat this year.
Oct 11, 2021
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Immunology
Flu vaccine elicits robust immune responses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
For the first time, researchers have found the influenza vaccine to be just as effective in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it is non-Indigenous people.
Oct 5, 2021
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Vaccination
Release of research and development roadmap to improve flu vaccines
The roadmap offers a powerful opportunity to leverage revolutionary advances in vaccine science and technology to better protect against influenza, a disease that could cause a pandemic even worse than COVID-19
Oct 1, 2021
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Health
Can I develop a COVID infection from the vaccine?
Q: I've heard stories of people getting very sick from the vaccine. If I do decide to get it, do I run the risk of getting COVID-19 from the shot, and what is a typical reaction?
Sep 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday it had begun a clinical trial to test an influenza vaccine designed with the same mRNA technology behind its successful COVID-19 shot.
Sep 28, 2021
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Vaccination
Live attenuated vaccines offer more protection against influenza than inactivated vaccines
In a finding that should help researchers develop vaccines that offer broad protection against viruses, a mouse study by RIKEN immunologists has shed light on why people vaccinated with an inactivated form of the influenza ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Concerns rise over UK flu outbreak amid vaccine delays
One of the U.K.'s largest suppliers of seasonal influenza vaccines warned Saturday that there could be delivery delays of up to two weeks as a result of a shortage of truck drivers.
Sep 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Upcoming flu season will likely be severe
The 2021-22 influenza season is likely to be more severe than average—and hit young children particularly hard—due to waning population-level immunity from the near-lack of a flu season during last winter's COVID-19 surge, ...
Aug 31, 2021
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