Gail Connor Roche

The National Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Stockpile has been storing vaccines for particular pandemic-potential viruses since 2005.

In a recent Spain-based study, patients who received the annual vaccination were 82% less likely to be hospitalized by the flu.

Investigators also discovered that the severity of the mother’s flu plays a role in her baby’s outcome.

Analysis of past studies shows benefit of inactivated influenza vaccine against A/H1N1pdm09 virus in 2- to 17-year-olds.

Study finds having a vaccinated child in the household was associated with 21% lower prevalence of sick leave usage by household adults.

People in high-risk categories should be tested and begin antiviral treatment promptly if they are hospitalized with flu symptoms, the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends.

The rate of palliative care in MS patients to have died in the hospital increased from 7.7% to 58.8% over 10 years ending in 2014.

Lower respiratory tract infections linked to influenza were responsible for an estimated 145,000 deaths worldwide in 2017.

Overall, a new Florida State study found that 13-17 year-olds are behind all children in influenza vaccination rates.

About half of all MS patients experience an episode of depression during their lifetimes, but most interventions are drug-related or psychiatric.

Investigators attributed 12% of the overall increase in vaccinations over a seven-week period to their notification program, when comparing to the previous year's vaccination rate.

The risk of death among formerly incarcerated people with HIV was much lower among those who had health insurance and received case management after release.

“Reassuring” results from a study of 11,692 individuals show that statin use does not affect the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine.

The influenza virus has shown resistance to a promising new drug—favipiravir—that is being developed for widespread use, including in a flu pandemic.

In general, the high incidence and strong persistence of HPV infections among HIV-infected patients are a result of immunosuppression.

Adolescents living with HIV suffer fewer disease-related symptoms when they and a family member plan for end-of-life care.

When providers fail to recognize and combat stigma in their ranks, undiagnosed persons with HIV may go unidentified and fail to get quality care and treatment.

People with depression exhibit an unexpected increase in volume on the left side of the hypothalamus, the brain region responsible for physical wellbeing.

Only about half of people living with HIV who were released from prison or jail remained in HIV care 1-2 years after release.

Clinicians should encourage natural light exposure to reduce the risk of postpartum depression in women with third trimesters in the fall, study suggests.

Just 1 of 72 resident physicians surveyed at a North Carolina medical school had ever prescribed PrEP to a patient at high risk of contracting HIV.

When expectant mothers started antiretroviral therapy before pregnancy, their HIV-exposed but uninfected infants had lower infection risk than infants whose mothers started ART during pregnancy.

The PrEPmate support intervention increased visit attendance and PrEP adherence among young men who have sex with men.

Computers can do as well as clinicians in diagnosing age-related macular degeneration, say investigators who have developed tools based on artificial intelligence to detect the disorder.

Almost 20% of young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also were diagnosed with depression in a study that tracked participants into their 20s.

Addressing housing arrangements during a medical visit may be as important as addressing blood pressure or blood sugar levels.

Interestingly, increased distress led to a higher risk of stroke for women, while distressed men had a higher risk of heart attack.

The findings support exploration of LAC as a biomarker and therapeutic target that might help guide individualized treatments in the spirit of precision medicine.

For patients with acute coronary syndrome and depression, taking escitalopram to treat depression resulted in significantly fewer major cardiac events compared to patients given placebo.

People who ate at least 1 serving of oranges every day had more than a 60% reduced risk of developing late-stage macular degeneration in that time period.