Current guidelines call for annual flu vaccinations for everyone 6 months of age and older. How effective the vaccines are each year depends on how well they match the circulating virus, the CDC said. Preliminary estimates show last season people who were vaccinated against the flu were 40%-70...
Results from the 2023-2024 U.S. flu season show that in adults vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization ranged from 41% to 44%. Specifically for children and teens less than 18 years, the flu vaccine was 71% effective for preventing symptomatic influenza A illness. All vaccines in the 202...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that quadrivalent vaccines to be used in the 2024-2025 influenza season (northern hemisphere winter virus) contain the following: an A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus an A/Thailand/8/2022 (H3N2)-like virus a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B...
Early estimates on the effectiveness of this year’s flu vaccines indicate they may be less effective at preventing hospitalization than in years past, based on data from South America, where the annual flu season occurs earlier. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
The U.S. and other countries' populations need to be better educated about vaccines; at least they should realize that safe vaccines have been around for many years (measles, mumps, chickenpox, and even a vaccine for cholera), and as adults they often have to get a vaccine-like shot to...
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However, the effectiveness of flu vaccines varies each year depending on what flu viruses are circulating that season and the age and health status of the person receiving the vaccination. During the 2022-2023 flu season it was estimated that influenza vaccination prevented almost 31 thousand ...
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how long to wait if you’ve recently had an infection, common side effects to expect, and realistic insights into whatvaccinescan and cannot do to protect our health this season. Whether you’re weighing a vaccine for yourself or a loved one, here’s what you need to know about maximizing...