Osteoporosis Drug May Help Kill Flu Viruses
Pamidronate may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people.
Flu Vaccine Coverage Well Below Healthy People 2020 Objectives
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that influenza vaccination coverage is well below the Healthy People 2020 objectives.
2010-2011 Trivalent Influenza Vaccine with All Three Vaccine Strains Was Moderately Effective
U.S. investigators assessed vaccine effectiveness during the 2010-2011 season in an attempt to characterize the relationship between antigenic characteristics of circulating viruses and effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines.
Influenza: Past, Present and Future
The flu virus has claimed millions of lives. Examining past outbreaks, researching strain mutations and monitoring global epidemic statistics may help us better predict and possibly prevent future pandemics.
Quadrivalent Flu Vaccines: Four Means More Protection
A new class of quadrivalent flu vaccines may better protect against influenza.
New Against the Flu
An adjuvanted influenza vaccine to protect the young and elderly may be just around the corner in the U.S.
Two Full Doses of Influenza Vaccine Improves Immunogenicity Versus Two Half-Doses in Infants
To assess whether two full doses of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine could improve immunogenicity versus two halfdoses without increasing reactogenicity in infants (aged 6 to 11months) and toddlers (aged 12 to 23 months), Canadian researchers randomized previously unimmunized children to receive one or the other regimen of 2008-2009 split TIV.
CDC Revises Flu Death Estimate
The number of annual flu deaths ,consistently reported to be 36,000 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been revised.