This season'sinfluenza vaccinemay have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests. The CDC's latest data come as much of the U.S. is finally seeing signs of a slo...
The effectiveness of this year's influenza vaccine was lower in South America than last season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, which might be a clue to how much protection the shots could offer people in the U.S. this winter. Vaccine effectiveness was 34...
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23, 2018, and Feb. 2, researchers determined that the flu vaccine has been 47 percent effective overall against influenza illness. The findings were included in a report published Thursday. "CDC recommends that health care providers continue to administer influenza vaccine because influenza activi...
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performance suffers when the viruses they're designed to thwart undergo genetic drift after the vaccine is formulated. However, the CDC reported that most of the flu viruses in circulation in 2016-2017 were similar to those in the latest vaccine, which came in trivalent and quadrivalent formulas...
For people with weak immune systems, the vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization by 44% in one study and 30% in another. The flu hit early this season, as the weekly hospitalization rate peaked in December and has declined since then, according to CDC data. The flu has caused 25...
The CDC published the following guidance concerning antiviral drugs: Antiviral medications with activity against influenza viruses (anti-influenza drugs) are an important adjunct to influenza vaccine in the control of influenza. What is the best medicine for the flu? Influenza antiviral prescription drugs...
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Walensky said that even when the vaccine doesn’t closely match the circulating flu strains, “We see a 35% decrease in rates of hospitalization … which really just emphasizes, when we do have a good match, how