The agency’s Wild to Mild initiative, launched at the start of the 2023–24 flu season, aimed to inform the public that while getting immunized against the flu doesn’t guarantee you won’t catch an influenza virus, it can protect you from severe illness, hospitalization, and dea...
The CDC conducted a genetic analysis of an H5N1 bird flu sample from a person in Louisiana that shows the disease could be more transmittable to humans. The person became infected with the “D1.1 genotype virus,” which closely resembles the virus “detected in wild birds and poultry in the...
November is a key milestone in the fall vaccination campaign every year, given that health authorities generally recommend most people get their flu shotby the end of Octoberbefore infections start to climb. People not yet vaccinated are still recommended to get a shot, as long as viruses could...
These numbers could change because roughly 10 percent of children had a parent report they intend to get their child vaccinated, and about 14 percent had a parent say they will probably get their child vaccinated against the flu, according to the CDC. The 2023-24 flu season was particularly ...
The 2023-24 flu season was particularly deadly — the CDC reported 205 children died from the disease, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic. CDC officials believe that the total childhood death toll from the flu last year is likely higher because many of those deaths are underreported. ...
CDC has warned that it expects hospitalizations from COVID-19, RSV infections and flu this year to be similar to last year's numbers, higher than the pre-pandemic levels. TGS is a public-private partnership between the health agency, and the expansion project is being implemented ...
If deaths were classified more accurately, then the daily death toll would be closer to the toll the flu takes during a typical season, Doron says. If this is true, the odds of a person dying if they get a COVID infection — what's called the case fatality rate — would be about ...
At a U.S. News health forum, the physician-governor said that travel restrictions could be needed if measles or bird flu outbreaks ‘explode.’ Alan KronenbergFeb. 21, 2025 Meet 2024 YR4 While the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth decreased, the risk of it...
“1 excess death per M doses” criteria for a safe vaccine. The flu vaccines are clearly unsafe and should be immediately pulled from the market. Flu vaccines alsohave no hospitalization benefit whatsoever as was pointed out in a JAMA paper published in April 2023. The flu shots simply kill...
The new campaign, which Ramey said "had a soft launch"onlinein August, aims to emphasize "a strong and growing body of evidence that flu vaccination reduces the risk of serious outcomes in people who get vaccinated but still get sick." ...