Seniors hit hardest as flu rate shoots up in 30 states
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2022
Flu activity has jumped across the United States ahead of Thanksgiving, with seniors continuing to have the highest hospitalization rates, according to the latest update from the CDC.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 23
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2022
U.S. flu activity slowly picking up: CDC update … Pfizer pulls certain blood pressure drugs off market due to contamination … Risks of knee surgery no higher for octogenarians than younger patients,...
COVID may indeed be seasonal; rates likely to rise as temperature, mitigation measures fall
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2021
Temperature and population density determine how easily the virus spreads — but only when localities have no mobility restrictions in place, a new study shows.
Vaccination cuts severe flu illness by 32 percent in 2019-2020, ICU study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 26, 2021
Older adults who received the flu vaccine that season were notably less protected than their younger cohort against acute respiratory symptoms. Vaccination also was more protective against influenza-associated...
Adjuvanted vaccine cuts nursing home flu outbreaks by 17 percent, top researcher reports
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Facilities that offered residents the strengthened influenza vaccine Fluad experienced a 17% reduction in suspected and laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks, says Vince Mor, Ph.D.
Flu not a ‘short-term illness’ for older adults, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2020
Older adults often face persistent functional decline after being hospitalized with influenza. The findings highlight the need for prevention, investigators say.
Xofluza antiviral now approved for flu prevention
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 25, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of the antiviral drug Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for use in preventing influenza after exposure to an ill person.
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.
Flu vaccines may get a boost in potency, endurance, in trial of new compounds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2019
New versions of a compound that can boost influenza vaccine potency are set for clinical trial. The goal is to improve seasonal vaccine effectiveness.
Flu vaccine cuts stroke risk by nearly 25%, researchers say
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 24, 2014
People who are vaccinated against the seasonal influenza are 24% less likely to suffer a stroke during that flu season, according to recently published research out of the United Kingdom.