Shingles vaccine awareness may prevent flu shot avoidance next year, docs say
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2021
Shingles vaccine side effects are nothing to sneeze at, a new study suggests. They may be the reason that older adults who receive flu and shingles shots on the same day are less likely to get a flu shot...
Flu cases up 23 percent over 2020, Walgreens data show
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2021
Nevada tops the list and Southern communities overall are showing some of the highest and most widespread flu activity, according to an index based on antiviral prescriptions data.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Sept. 17
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 17, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities invited to participate in flu management study with geriatrician leaders … Use of religious vaccination exemptions could grow after judge blocks mandate … Rapid tests key...
Unintended effects: Antibiotic prescribing falls 79 percent for respiratory viruses
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2021
Rates have remained low throughout the pandemic, and appear to be the consequence of measures to curb COVID-19 transmission. The same public health strategies could be used to help reduce antibiotic overprescribing...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 1
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 01, 2021
‘Healthy Senior Living’ certification launched by American Heart Association … Long-term care residents, staff eligible in CVS sweepstakes that encourages vaccination … Cold and flu poised for...
The flu season that wasn’t: Influenza has ‘flickered out’, reports find
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 08, 2021
Overall seasonal flu activity has remained at lower-than-usual levels in the United States and globally.
Thanks in part to COVID-19 precautions, flu season is off to mild start, CDC expert says
By
Liza Berger
Dec 14, 2020
There appears to be an indirect upside to all the mask wearing and social distancing: less flu activity in nursing homes and overall.
Fauci and colleagues: Expect a diagnostic challenge this flu season — and stress vaccine education
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Alicia Lasek
Oct 02, 2020
A winter featuring flu and COVID-19 may create a diagnostic muddle for clinicians, said NIAID Director Anthony Fauci in a Thursday news conference. There is a pressing need to educate patients about getting...
Flu vaccinations not tied to COVID outcomes, Cleveland Clinic researchers say
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 22, 2020
Getting vaccinated against influenza will not increase the risk for contracting COVID-19 or the likelihood of severe illness and death from the disease, a new study has shown.
Nearly 12% of adults hospitalized for flu experience an adverse cardiac event
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2020
The most common cardiovascular events in these patients are acute heart failure and acute ischemic heart disease, researchers say.