Vaccination guidelines have changed for some people ahead of this year’s flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. Recommendations for when you should get your flu vaccine remain the same – September and October are still considered the optimal times. August vaccinations...
But a panel of the CDC's outside experts ultimately voted Tuesday in favor of broad recommendations for the shots, thanks in part to CDC data finding that healthy, young and mostly unboosted Americans are still being hospitalized by the virus. "There was some concern that the work group ent...
The concerning influenza update was followed by strong CDC recommendations for ramping up use of antiviral medications to treat the flu. However, there is controversy regarding the evidence supporting the use of antiviral medications like oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Despite the strong evidence of a systemati...
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有的爸妈可能听说过宝宝如果对鸡蛋过敏的话就不能接种某些疫苗,但是今年AAP最新发布的Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019明确指出,即使是对鸡蛋过敏的宝宝也可以接种流感疫苗,并且没有比接种疫苗更好的预防方式。 (截图自AAP官网:https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/AAP-Issues...
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What to Do About the Flu: CDC 2014-2015 Influenza Antiviral Recommendations Angela J.P. Campbell, MD, MPH December 30, 2014 Editor's Note: January 5, 2015 - This CDC commentary was written before the FDA approval of the influenza antiviral medication peramivir. See FDA Approves Peramivir (Ra...
and children over the age of six months who have underlying medical conditions. The recommendations have expanded in recent years. In 2004, the flu vaccine was routinely recommended for all children 6 to 23 months of age. It was expanded to include children up to the age of 5 years in 200...
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COVID-19 is not causing as many hospitalizations and deaths as it did in the first years of the pandemic. The change is an effort to streamline recommendations so they are similar to longstanding recommendations for flu and other respiratory viruses. Many people with a runny nose, cough, or ...