Influenza Articles
A total of 4,659 adults aged 18 years or older were randomized to receive a single dose of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) from one of three production lots or an inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine (IIV3) containing either a B/Victoria or B/Yamagata strain.
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.
A new global study of flu pandemics shows that a large number of elderly individuals are often immune to influenza because their bodies had been infected with a similar virus in the past.
A new study shows that children whose mothers had the flu or ran a fever lasting more than a week during pregnancy had an increased risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.
Recent studies of the flu virus are bringing hope that seasonal flu vaccines will be replaced with long-lasting universal vaccines.
Pamidronate may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people.
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that influenza vaccination coverage is well below the Healthy People 2020 objectives.
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.