If the Northern Hemisphere sees similar patterns of flu virus strains, the study's authors wrote that "health authorities might anticipate similar levels of protection." A CDC spokesperson said that the effectiveness of the vaccine for H1N1 was "within the range" of previous seasons. "Overall, ...
(NIH) Clinical Center, the agencyannounced. In an animal study not yet peer reviewed, mice and ferrets that received the vaccinesurvivedlethal doses of 6 different flu strains, including subtypes not included in the 4 noninfectious, inactivated, avian flu virus strains that make up the ...
Each year's flu vaccine protects against specific strains of the virus that researchers expect to circulate. In October, Joe Bresee, chief of CDC's influenza epidemiology and prevention branch, said he was confident this year's vaccine would protect against the most dangerous flu strains. "The ...
A dairy worker in Nevada has been confirmed to be infected by a newbird flu strainfound to be spreading amongcows in the state last week. That strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, called D1.1 by scientists, is different from a previous variant called B3.13 which had infectedat least 40dai...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say it’s not a threat to public health -- right now. They reported recently in the journalCellthat they found the vir...
Federal priorities and legislation will be markedly different in 2025. Donald Trump received 55% of Suffolk County votes for President, and both CD1 and CD2 Republican members of Congress were re-elected. (CD3 includes a very small part of northwestern Huntington, and re-elected their Democratic ...
A new vaccine to protect ourselves against herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, has recently been released. Shingles is caused by a virus and appears as a rash with shooting pain. The rash eventually turns into painful, red, fluid-filled blisters. It usually shows up on one side of ...
Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid this winter's second wave of the virus. Close to 8% of visits for respi...
Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
There were no major bodies of water near the chicken farm, which steered them away from the idea that wild birds might have carried in the flu virus. Weather holds a clue Then, the researchers checked the weather patterns for the week the chickens got sick. There had been a steady breeze...