Influenza Articles
A new study shows that babies of pregnant women who get the flu or who are vaccinated against the flu do not have an increased risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Research conducted at the University of Texas at Austin found that how the influenza (flu) vaccine produces antibodies to protect against disease could be used to improve the vaccine.
A new study found that seasonal flu vaccines work better if they stimulate an immune response to the flu surface protein neuraminidase.
Researchers found that flu vaccines are more effective when given in the morning because patients’ immune systems are capable of producing more antibodies in response to the vaccine in the first part of the day.
Preliminary overall 2015-16 influenza vaccine effectiveness was 59 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A U.S.-Chinese research team pooled the results of four published studies that show among 445 people infected with either swine flu or H5N1 bird flu, those with a variant of a gene called IFITM3 were 24 percent more likely to have suffered a severe infection.
Two studies presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases show that the influenza vaccine can protect for six months, last throughout the flu season and reduce hospitalization in children.
