Tag: influenza

1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reaffirms its support for mandatory influenza vaccination for all health care personnel (HCP). ...

  1. VIS410, a human antibody which targets the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein on the surface of flu viruses, showed strong ...

1. In the Tennessee county examined, vaccination rates for children age 6 to 59 months began at 6% and reached ...

1. Seasonal influenza vaccination protected HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected pregnant women against confirmed influenza. 2. In infants from HIV-uninfected mothers, the ...

In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Urinary ...

1. High-dose influenza vaccination significantly reduced the incidence of influenza illness in adults 65 years of age or older when ...

1. Over 1/3 of children presenting to a tertiary emergency department (ED) with influenza-like illness went on to develop severe ...

Image: PD 1. Although around 1 in 5 of the unvaccinated population become infected with influenza each winter season, only ...

Image: PD 1. 139 individuals were infected with H7N9 (avian influenza) with 82% having had an exposure to live animals. ...

Image: PD  1. Quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) was found to have efficacy of approximately 60% in protecting children from influenza.  ...