flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign BYLindsey LeakeFebruary 20, 2025 Politics Nearly 1,300 CDC employees are being forced out as Trump demands the agency rid itself of all probationary employees BYMike Stobbe and The Associated PressFebruary 14, 2025 Health Experts ...
The new head of health agencies, Robert F Kennedy Jr , has reportedly stopped a seasonal flu vaccine campaign. A scheduled meeting of the CDCs independent vaccines committee has also been postponed.A new study , published by the CDCs Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, offers some insight into ...
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A CDC spokesperson said that the effectiveness of the vaccine for H1N1 was "within the range" of previous seasons. "Overall, flu vaccination reduced the risk of hospitalization by about one-third, which would have a significant impact on disease burden. Receiving a flu vaccine can offer si...
Lab tests suggest a strain of the flu virus circulating this season may not be "well-recognized" by the flu vaccine.
“The best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications is by getting a yearly flu vaccine. Even when flu vaccination does not prevent illness entirely, it has been shown in several studies to reduce severity of illness in people who get vaccinated but still get sick,”the CD...
For example, the Southeast was hit earlier in the large wave of illness last summer and fall - before vaccines were available. In late November, when vaccine was finally becoming plentiful, swine flu was widespread in the Northeast but easing in some Southeastern states. ...
(Bloomberg) — Hawaii has one of the country’s most comprehensive mask mandates and a highly effective vaccine campaign. Despite that, Covid-19 cases on the islands are climbing with a ferocity that’s outstripping every other U.S. state.Back...
Flu Is Having Minimal Impact in County ; CDC Officials Say Vaccine Played Crucial RoleStauffer, Heather
Fewer children in the U.S. have gotten a flu vaccine in 2024 compared to last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of Nov. 30, about 36 percent of the nation’s children aged six months to 17 years r