Flu vaccination take-up among healthcare workers is just 30% this winter, according to figures from the Health Service Executive.

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...

On the other hand, the FluMist nasal spray vaccine is not recommended for people with certain chronic health conditions. This is due to possible complications from the weakened form ... influenza ...

Patient filling in and signing an informed medical consent form while waiting in line for a booster ... vaccine line stock videos & royalty-free footage Vials of vaccine to prevent influenza, better ...

The exclusion of patients <18 years of age was to avoid confounding the results with a false co-infection with influenza A and B that could be detected in patients aged 2–17 years who were given live ...

A vaccine is a biological preparation that stimulates the immune system to recognize and protect against specific infectious diseases. It typically contains weakened or inactivated forms of pathogens ...

Despite the development of vaccines and antiviral ... for the diagnosis of the influenza A virus. Figure 3. Global surveillance of IAV from July 2023 to July 2024. IAV spreads through droplets ...

Yearly administration of the influenza vaccine is the main strategy to prevent influenza in immunocompromised patients. Here, we reviewed the recent literature regarding the clinical significance ...

“Our findings support the use of baloxavir for treatment of high-risk patients with nonsevere influenza,” wrote the study authors. They suggested monitoring resistance to the drug. Regarding ...

These are the updates for Wednesday, January 29, 2025, as Trump cabinet pick Robert F Kennedy Jr faced a Senate hearing.