Interim estimate suggests flu shot not effective in 2021-2022 season
Mar 10, 2022
Vaccine effectiveness against medically attended outpatient acute respiratory infection associated with A(H3N2) was 16%.
CDC urges flu shots as survey shows half of Americans do not plan on it
Oct 08, 2021
Severity of the upcoming flu season is unclear, but other respiratory infections have already returned
‘Take flu out of the equation,’ get vaccinated during pandemic, public health officials advise
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2020
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation”...
IDSA: Wastewater surveillance allows monitoring of viral infections
Oct 13, 2023
A positive correlation was seen for composite influenza A virus signal with weekly confirmed clinical cases.
Bird flu found in dairy cows in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico
Mar 26, 2024
The US Department of Agriculture confirmed that the virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known to cause outbreaks in birds and to sometimes infect people.
Flu vaccine effective for 2022/2023 season
Feb 27, 2023
Vaccine effectiveness was 54% against medically attended outpatient acute respiratory infection associated with influenza A in patients younger than 65 years.
Upcoming study will ‘Detect & Protect’ seniors against viral infections like flu, COVID
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 01, 2023
A new study program, Detect & Protect, will use AI models that can pull from wearables data and better predict viral infections.
Are filters and germicidal lights actually useful? New study hopes to clear the air about them
By
Kristen Fischer
Aaron Dorman
Nov 21, 2023
A new study says air filtration systems can’t stop people from getting viral infections, according to new research.
Planning an outing to the fair? Avoid the pigs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2016
If your activities calendar has a trip to an upcoming county or state fair on it, you’ll want to bypass the pig exhibits, based on new information from the CDC.
Texan has contracted H5N1 bird flu; CDC calls threat to public ‘low’
Apr 01, 2024
An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.