“Last week in Louisiana we had 5,500 hospitalizations and about 400 deaths. Many of those could have been prevented through more people getting the flu vaccine.” Kanter encourages everyone over six months of age to protect themselves with the flu vaccine, especially older adults and anyone who...
Time series of log transformed absolute WIS for state and territory targets. Note that the forecast evaluation period translates to 1-week ahead forecast target end dates from February 26–June 25, 2022 (a), and October 22, 2022, to May 20, 2023 (b), and 4-week ahead forecast target en...
Novavax has received the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to resume clinical trials for its Covid-19 and influenza combination vaccine (CIC) and standalone influenza vaccines after a month-long clinical hold. The FDA initially halted the trials on 16 ...
A universal, one-dose flu vaccine has long been a holy grail for medical researchers. With the World Health Organization estimating over half a million people die every year from influenza, and the social and economic costs being almost impossible to calculate, the impact of an effective flu va...
"So, we want you to get the vaccine, and that's the timing. "We want you to have that best protection during the period of time when the risk is greatest." She said the mask mandate will be enforced, but she hopes it doesn't get to the point where security wo...
Another reason for the increase in cases is a shortage of dog flu vaccine between all the manufacturers "So that's why I tell the dog parents to check with your veterinarian about supply. The second part to that is to be very proactive. You just want to make sure that you vaccinate ahe...
The team plans to continue working to address these issues and is also hopeful the technique could hold promise for the development of drugs that prevent infection of coronaviruses. Even if such a drug were developed, it would likely not be soon enough to help with the current pandemic, but...