How Effective Is the Flu Vaccine? See Early Estimates for 2023-2024 The flu shot is still the best way to prevent the flu and its complications. But how effective were flu vaccines this season? Read about flu vaccine effectiveness in 2023-2024 ...
The CDC recommends seasonal vaccination for everyone ages 6 months and older. The effectiveness of flu vaccines can vary widely season to season depending on how well the strains included in the shots are matched to the circulating viruses. Dr. Lisa Grohskopf, a CDC official, said the va...
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...
Conclusions: The seasonal flu vaccine lacked significant effectiveness among adult population in Tabuk City, Saudi Arabia. Regularly improving the immunogenicity and efficacy of influenza vaccines seems a necessity.Mohamad, Rofayda Mansour AhmedAdhahi, Salem Khalil...
All vaccines in the 2022-2023 flu season were quadrivalent, meaning they targeted 4 strains of the flu, 2 type A flu viruses (H1N1 and H3N2) and 2 type B flu viruses (Victoria and Yamagata lineage) and were well-matched to the circulating viruses. Each year, flu viruses may mutate, mea...
The flu vaccines are as safe as these vaccines and shots that are widely accepted by the public. Consequently, better efforts need to be made to make yearly flu vaccines as widely acceptable as other vaccines. Susceptible people need to understand that the vaccines afford them a significant ...
The flu shot is a form of the vaccine that you get in your arm. Some years, you can get it as a nasal spray instead. Flu vaccines are made to target three or four types of flu viruses that are most likely to make you sick during the upcoming year. ...
More information:Ashley L. Fowlkes et al, Interim Effectiveness Estimates of 2023 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccines in Preventing Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations—REVELAC-i Network, March–July 2023,MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report(2023).DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7237e1 ...
†LAIV4 and IIV vaccine effectiveness (VE) data overlapped for all strains, demonstrating the general VE comparability during the seasons between 2018-2023.1-12 AAP=American Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP=Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; IIV=inactivated influenza vaccine; LAIV4=quadrivalent li...
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