The immune responses to both the influenza and COVID-19 vaccine were preserved when given together, and 97 percent of participants said they would be willing to have two vaccines at the same appointment in the future. Dr. Rajeka Lazarus, consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology at UH...
Administering an influenza vaccine at the same time as a second dose of a covid-19 vaccine produced no safety concerns and preserves the immune response to both vaccines, say researchers.1 The results from the ComFluCOV study have already been presented to the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination...
When it comes to the effects of COVID-19 and influenza on children, more research is needed to see how likely it is for someone to become infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time. Although most children appear to be relatively unharmed by COVID-19, they are more vulnerable...
An co-infection of both flu and COVID-19 at the same time. Health care professionals around the world have started reporting cases of patients contracting COVID-19 and influenza simultaneously, a phenomenon dubbed "flurona" that can bring additional risks to those with underlying heal...
Annual epidemics of seasonal influenza cause hundreds of thousands of deaths, high levels of morbidity, and substantial economic loss. Yet, global influenza circulation has been heavily suppressed by public health measures and travel restrictions since t
A study found that LHQW can prevent or delay the progression to severe COVID-19 and inhibit influenza-induced bacterial adhesion by inhibiting adhesion molecules and improving severe pneumonia [6, 7]. HXZQ not only alleviates intestinal damage, but it also has anti-inflammatory and ...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was detected in China during the 2019–2020 seasonal influenza epidemic. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and behavioral changes to mitigate COVID-19 could have affected transmission dynamics of influenza and other respiratory diseases. By comparing 2019–2020...
With influenza, as with hurricanes, “[w]e have to expect the unexpected,” Osterholm, founder and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, explained in an interview withJAMA. “We have to plan as if this could be a severe flu season...
Since September 2020, the epidemic combined with the influenza virus broke out again2. In the second wave of the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases in European countries increased dramatically, which is a worrying situation. The number of diagnosed people in each country is shown in Fig. ...
Reports of respiratory illness have now reached "high" or "very high" levels across at least 16 state or big city health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsaid, as trends ofCOVID-19 and influenza have acceleratedin many parts of the country. And while a fast-growing...