CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
The addition of the COVID jabs to the list, as well as updated guidance on influenza and pneumococcal vaccines; and new vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and for hepatitis B, were published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday, according to CNN. ...
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 ...
During past flu seasons when the predominant circulating influenza viruses have been antigenically drifted, the vaccine's ability to protect against influenza viruses has been reduced. It's possible that reduced vaccine effectiveness may occur this season if these drifted viruses continue to circulate. ...
Nine RCTs have evaluated questions such as high-dose and adjuvanted influenza vaccines, as well as vaccine timing, and second vaccine doses with the goal of increasing response to vaccination among patients with cancer.6,44-51 High-dose trivalent influenza vaccine was compared with standard-dose ...
The panel's recommendations usually are adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and become the government's guidance for U.S. doctors and their patients. This would be the first time the government has stated a flu vaccine preference for older adults. ...
So far this season, 26 children have died from influenza-related causes. In a press conference held Friday, Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, urged more widespread use of antiviral drugs to help compensate for this year's less-effective vaccine. H3N1, the strain that's currently making...
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“Those who have symptoms of a respiratory virus—cough, sneezing, body aches, nasal congestion with or without fever—should test for COVID-19—and influenza when influenza is circulating in their communities,” Hopkins tells Fortune via email. “If the test is positive, call a health care ...
Just a few months ago, as public health officials pushed for Americans to line up for a newly formulated COVID-19 vaccine, the message was dire – hospitalizations were supposedly on the rise, and the nation was headed for a seasonal “tripledemic” of Covid, Influenza and Respiratory Syncyt...