The vaccine will not protect those who are already infected. Antiviral drugs can lessen the severity of flu symptoms and shorten the time you are sick. They may also prevent serious flu complications.*The flu vaccine is the best defense against the flu. That we have such a vaccine is a ...
However, the vaccine is still likely to lessen the severity of the illness and to prevent complications and death, according to the CDC. Why do people need to get the flu shot every year? Although only a few different influenza virus strains circulate at any given time, people may continue...
Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Center, said it was the first domestically produced influenza vaccine virus strain. "China could share the vaccine strain with other countries through the World Health Organization to aid in H7N9 epidemic control across the world," he said. ...
as well has how closely the vaccine proteins (H and N) match the circulating flu proteins. If the ‘match’ or ‘fit’ is good, the vaccination prevents influenza in 50 to 80% of cases.In healthy people under the age of 65, the vaccine has been...
Officials try to increase demand for flu vaccine
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“For the first time, families and caregivers will be able to protect themselves against influenza with a needle-free, self-administered vaccine, from the convenience of their own home,” said Ravi Jhaveri, MD, divison head of infectious disease at AstraZeneca and Virginia H. Rogers Professor ...