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 s...
Panel members said seniors should get regular flu shots if the newer ones aren't available. Also on Wednesday, CDC officials reported the flu vaccine didn't work all that well this past winter, when most illness were caused by a flu strain that vaccines traditionally do a relatively poor job...
The first vaccines to guard against therespiratory illness RSVwill soon be available for some older adults, ages 60 and over, after the CDC formally backed recommendations for the shots. The move, announced Thursday, followed a vote at ameetingof the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac...
Health officials had been hoping for improved COVID-19 vaccination rates this year, after authorities worked to launchthis year's COVID shotscloser to when the annual flu shot is also shipped out to doctor's offices and pharmacies. Last year's round of COVID-19 vaccines did not get off t...
(HealthDay)—Adults 65 and older need two vaccines to better protect them from bacterial infection in the blood (called sepsis), meningitis and pneumonia, according to a revised vaccination schedule from the 2015 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practi
Heeding advice from its special panel on vaccines, the FDA on Wednesday moved to approve a third dose of the US drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine to be used on seniors as well as “individuals 18 through 64 years of age and at high risk of severe Covid-19.” It has also been approved...
No problem. Flu shots are available at supermarkets, pharmacies, schools, and churches, as well as doctors' offices. And you can get one anytime during flu season. How easy is that? COVID-19 Vaccines: What to Expect Depending on the vaccine, you'll get one or two shots. As more peop...
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“Our vaccines are working exceptionally well,” Walensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “They continue to work well for Delta, with regard to severe illness and death – they prevent it. But what they can’t do anymore is prevent transmission.” (but did they ever work to prevent infection ...
"What we're really looking for is does that vaccine keep people out of the hospital," she said. "And what we know from the (flu) vaccine as well as from these COVID vaccines is that you may get infected, but your symptoms are likely to be a lot less severe. You're much less...