Influenza

Flu tracking estimates that don’t consider behavioral differences between different demographic groups will tend to underestimate the spread of the flu, a new study reports.

Patients who received a flu shot had a lower rate of myocardial infarction, according to new research.

University of Colorado study finds choline can help prevent fetal brain development problems in expecting mothers who experience illness.

A prospective study of over 500 patients found those with influenza A had more severe symptoms and slower recovery than those with influenza B.

An FDA decision on the application is expected by December 27, 2019.

The Genentech therapy is currently the first and only single-dose oral medicine marketed for flu treatment, and was the first new flu medicine with a novel mechanism of action in 2 decades.

Researchers say a new challenge virus didn’t lead to influenza in as many patients as expected, but it will still yield valuable insights as researchers push to develop a universal flu vaccine.

A study suggests individuals who received egg-based flu vaccines had less protection against circulating strains of influenza than those with cell-based vaccines in the 2017-2018 season.

By identifying epitopes that are common to all types of the flu, researchers believe they may have created a pathway to a universal flu vaccine.

New research based on 8 flu seasons’ worth of data supports the early use of oseltamivir, particularly in cases of A(H3N2) influenza.

As people age, their B cells become less adaptive, leaving them more susceptible to the flu.

Each flu season, the race is on to determine how well the flu vaccine is working. But researchers caution that many of the studies used to calculate effectiveness have potential pitfalls.

New research shows women who are pregnant face a higher risk of ending up in the hospital, regardless of pregnancy stage.

A new CDC study found the flu vaccine was 38% effective last year, but it also stopped more than 100,000 hospitalizations.

Patients with influenza-like illness face a higher risk of stroke up to a year after infection.

Flu vaccination reduced influenza-related hospitalizations by 38% among patients with COPD.

The basis of a universal flu vaccine may be formed by antibodies that inhibit a second viral protein as well as the 1 that they bind.

A new study found that deaths in the end-stage renal disease population correlated with seasonal trends in flu and flu-like illnesses.

Parents hoping to spare their children from colds and the flu follow scientific recommendations in high numbers, but they are also susceptible to unscientific “folklore.”

Investigators say they’ve developed a more accurate model for tracking and predicting the spread of influenza.

New research based on more than a quarter-million patient records shows vaccinating patients against the flu while hospitalized is safe.

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

This expands the indication of the flu vaccine’s .5 mL dose to this younger age group.

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.