flu vaccination

Questions And Answers About the 2008-2009 Flu Season

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:46:47 -0600

Flu seasons are unpredictable in a number of ways. Although epidemics of flu happen every year, the beginning, severity, and length of the epidemic depends on many factors, including the different types and strains of influenza viruses circulating and whether the viruses in the vaccine match flu viruses that are circulating.

Flu vaccination rates lag for at-risk adolescents

harminka — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:58:09 -0600

Influenza vaccination rates for adolescents who suffer from asthma and other illnesses are still far too low, according to a recent study.

Vaccinating family members offers important flu protection to newborns

harminka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:18:01 -0500

Vaccinating new mothers and other family members against influenza before their newborns leave the hospital creates a "cocooning effect" that may shelter unprotected children from the flu, a virus that can be life-threatening to infants, according to researchers at Duke Children's Hospital.

University of Buffalo Offering Free Flu Shots

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:16:19 -0500

Last year, hundreds of University of Buffalo community members were diagnosed with Influenza or a flu-like illness. Recovery from this easily prevented illness can take 5 to 7 days. UB's Student Wellness Team will offer flu vaccine shots to UB students the week of Nov. 4, 2008.

National Vaccine Advisory Committee recommends increased adolescent immunization

harminka — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:40:23 -0500

Vaccinating infants and toddlers is an almost universal practice in the United States. Vaccines to prevent flu are a regular part of medical care for senior citizens and at-risk patients.

Flu vaccines can reduce respiratory problems by up to 3/4

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:32:30 -0500

Annual flu vaccinations are highly effective at preventing acute respiratory illness and making sure that existing breathing problems don’t get any worse, according to research published in the April issue of IJCP, the UK-based International Journal of Clinical Practice.

UT Knoxville research may lead to better flu vaccine

harminka — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:20:05 -0600

New research from a scientist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has uncovered information that may someday lead to a better flu vaccine.

New hospital standards needed for pediatric flu vaccines

harminka — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:04:30 -0600

A new study published in the February 2008 issue of Pediatrics finds that many children hospitalized for influenza have had a recent, previous hospitalization that would have provided an easy, convenient opportunity to receive a hospital-based influenza vaccination.

Flu vaccination for health-care workers

harminka — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:28:00 -0500

Influenza vaccination of health-care workers results in improved patient safety, improved employee safety and decreased health-care expenditures

US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse

harminka — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:30:47 -0500

Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will die.