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ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 — New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. Just ask them to. And then reinforce the invitation with a little video and p...
Electronic Nudge for Flu Vaccination Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Electronic letters incorporating cardiovascular (CV) gain framing and repeated messaging, which increase influenza vaccination, do not translate into improvement in...
Birth Month Linked to Timing of Influenza Vaccination in Young Children
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 – For young children, birth month is associated with timing of influenza vaccination, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in The BMJ. Christopher M. Worsham, M.D.,...
Could Antibody Discovery Lead to Better Flu Vaccines?
FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 – Researchers appear to have discovered a new weapon in the war on a particularly difficult foe. They have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies that seem to...
Many U.S. Nursing Home Residents Have Not Been Vaccinated for Flu, COVID-19, or RSV for 2023-24
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – Many nursing home residents and adults have not been vaccinated for influenza, COVID-19, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for the 2023 to 2024 season, according to...
Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 – Health care workers at America’s nursing homes are woefully under-vaccinated for both flu and COVID-19, threatening their own health and that of the frail elderly patients u...
At-Home, Inhaled Flu Vaccine Could Be on Horizon
TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2023 -- Getting a yearly flu shot is one of the best ways to protect yourself from infection or severe illness, but not everyone likes shots. Now, there is some potentially good n...
Severity of Flu Season Was High for Children, Teens in 2022 to 2023
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 – For children and adolescents, the 2022 to 2023 influenza season had high severity, according to research published in the Oct. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease...
Flu Shot Season Is Here: Why You (and Your Kids) Need One
SATURDAY, Oct. 7, 2023 – It’s time to get the flu shot. They’re important not just for adults, but also for children, and keeping the whole family safe, according to an expert in pediatrics. “You nev...
Women Have Higher Risk for Solicited Reactions After Flu Shot
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 – The risk for solicited reactions following influenza vaccine is higher for women than men, according to research published online Sept. 28 in the Journal of Epidemiology &...
Just 23% of U.S. Adults 'Definitely' Plan to Get New COVID Shot
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – Just 23% of American adults say they 'definitely' will get the new COVID-19 vaccine, while another 23% say they will 'probably' get it, according to a new poll, which...
Flu Vaccine Uptake Varies by Sociodemographic Factors in CKD Patients
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 – Among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), younger adults, Black individuals, and those with adverse social determinants of health are less likely to receive a flu...
It's Time to Start Preparing Against Flu, RSV & COVID-19
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – Kids are back in school and it’s time to think about viruses, for both yourself and them. It could be an early flu season in the United States, if what happened in the Sou...
Immune Response Not Inferior With Coadministration of COVID-19, Flu Shots
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 – The immune response and occurrence of adverse events were similar for health care workers receiving coadministration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines or COVID-19 vaccine...
Flu Vaccine Cut Risk for Influenza-Linked Hospitalizations in 2023
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 – Influenza vaccination reduced the risk for influenza-associated hospitalizations by 52 percent in the March to September Southern Hemisphere 2023 influenza season, according...
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