Influenza Articles
At the end of February, the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC)reported that the 2014-15 seasonal influenza vaccine was just 18 percent effective against the dominant strain of flu.
The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) has released the nation’s numbers for the 2013-2014 influenza season, which show Americans were hit particularly hard due to the return of the H1N1 virus that caused the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Researchers at the University of Arizona say they may have discovered both the origin of the influenza pandemic of 1918 that left 50 million dead worldwide.
New research shows that women have a stronger immune response than men when given the flu vaccine, which may mean vaccinated women are better protected against catching the flu than vaccinated men.
A Canadian study showed that pregnant women who are vaccinated against the flu are significantly less likely to deliver premature or low-birth-weight babies compared with unvaccinated expectant mothers.
Two types of environmental conditions — cold-dry and humid-rainy — are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center.
A computer model for predicting flu outbreaks weeks in advance has been developed by researchers at Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
