Influenza Articles
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.
A new simulation study that evaluated the relationship between Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) risk and influenza vaccine and illness suggests that the vaccine reduces the risk for GBS.
The Alere i influenza A and B test developed and marketed by Alere Inc. has been granted a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
According to the 2013 National HealthInterview Survey, the most recent report used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 29.6 percent of adults ages 18 to 48 receive the flu vaccine, and that number increases to 46.5 percent for adults ages 50 to 64and 67.9 percent for adults over 68.
A new study has found that many influenza-positive patients, including those with high-risk conditions, go undiagnosed in favor of a diagnosis of bacterial disease coinfection.
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.