“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...
CDC Study Shows Flu Vaccination Prevents Severe Flu Illness in U.S. Children Vaccine protects, even when vaccine virus and circulating viruses are differentVasconcellos, DavidNeonatology Today
The flu vaccine has been 68% effective at preventing hospitalizations in children but has been less protective for seniors this season,according to preliminary data released Wednesdayby the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccine was 35% effective at preventing hospitalization for ...
recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV), and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) to be available. "Standard-dose, unadjuvanted, inactivated influenza vaccines will be available in quadrivalent formulations (IIV4s). High-dose (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted (aIIV3) inactivated influenza vaccines will be ...
(HealthDay)—Flu vaccines protect children against serious illness, even when the vaccine doesn't match the circulating flu virus, according to a new study that reinforces the importance of flu shots.
The CDC recommends most people get the flu vaccine in September or October. Vaccination in July and August is generally not advised, except for: Pregnant women in their third trimester for the protection of their newborns. Children who need two doses, with the first dose as soon as available...
Less than half of Americans plan to get COVID or flu vaccines this year, survey findsTheeffectivenessof this year's influenza vaccine was lower in South America than last season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, which might be a clue to how much protection the...
Approximately 13 million illnesses, and over 110,000 hospitalizations, may have been averted by the flu vaccine over the last six years in the US.
As of early November, only about 2 out of 5 people in the United States reported having gotten this season’s flu vaccine.
The CDC had recorded 58 cases of the disease across 17 jurisdictions, as of March 14, same as the whole of 2023. Most cases reported this year have been among children aged 12 months and older who had not received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, the CDC said, and asked health...