CDC Study Shows Flu Vaccination Prevents Severe Flu Illness in U.S. Children Vaccine protects, even when vaccine virus and circulating viruses are differentVasconcellos, DavidNeonatology Today
1.CDC recommends a yearly seasonal flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against seasonal influenza.2.If you get seasonal or novel H1N1 flu anti-viral drugs can treat the flu.3.For treatment anti-viral drugs work best if started within the first 2 days of symptoms...
2. 26岁以上有必要打HPV疫苗吗?这个问题按照CDC的说法是「不推荐」。原话如下「Vaccination is not recommended for everyone older than age 26 years. Some adults ages 27 through 45 years might decide to get the HPV vaccine based on discussion with their clinician, if they did not get adequately vac...
mainly through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks,"the CDC says. "These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Spread is more likely when people are in close contact with one anoth...
Fig. 1. The (a) the CDC's recommended measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 and (b)“flatten the curve” graph shared by the White House in March 2020. Also, some leaders compared COVID19 to seasonal flus in 2020 despite their public health officials explaining that COVID19 is ca...
Every year scientists predict which will most likely be the three main flu strains that flu season. A vaccine is then created that causes antibodies to develop to provide protection against those strains. While sometimes other strains may surface, the vaccine can still make your flu symptoms milde...
The Importance of the Flu Vaccine Perhaps the most critical tool for public health in coming months will be the influenza vaccine. The CDC currently recommends everyone older than six months receive a flu shot, with few exceptions. Last flu season, however, only 62 percent of children younger ...
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vaccine may also reflect the way many adults across this country think of the shot: as some luxury item that somebody else, but not me, needs. The misconception comes on top of so many others around the flu shot -- for example, the flu shot causing the flu. Spoiler alert: It does ...
Some seasons, heightened flu activity can last as late as May, the CDC says. Does flu season change from year to year? It can. There’s not one set day on the calendar when the flu starts up in the U.S. and then another when it disappears, says Thomas Russo, M.D., a professor...