PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -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, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The largest number of averted cases occurred during t...
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 ...
The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the strain of the virus that's causing most illnesses this season. Preliminary figures released Thursday suggest the vaccine is 36 percent effective overall in preventingflu illnesssevere enough to send a patient to ...
As of early November, only about 2 out of 5 people in the United States reported having gotten this season’s 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...
(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.
Indirect effect of conjugate vaccine on adult carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: an explanation of trends in invasive pneumococcal disease. Vaccine use has also indirectly decreased the rate of invasive disease in adults, presumably through decreased transmission of pneumococci from vaccinated ... LL ...
inactivated influenza vaccines will be available in quadrivalent formulations (IIV4s). High-dose (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted (aIIV3) inactivated influenza vaccines will be available in trivalent formulations. Recombinant (RIV4) and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4; intranasal vaccine) will be ...
Some pharmacists think CDC is doing a good job selecting the right strain for the flu vaccine, others don't think so. Are the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and vaccine manufacturers doing enough to ensure that the influenza vaccine contains the best choice of virus strains from year...