Infection Control Today - Influenza

NIH Scientists Map First Steps in Flu Antibody Development

National Institutes of Health scientists have identified how a kind of immature immune cell responds to a part of influenza virus and have traced the path those cells take to generate antibodies that can neutralize a wide range of influenza virus strains. Study researchers ...More

August 29, 2012

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Children with Neurologic Disorders at High Risk of Death from Flu

A disproportionately high number of children with neurologic disorders died from influenza-related complications during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study by scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report in the journal Pediatrics ...More

August 29, 2012

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Expert Provides Tongue-in-Cheek Reasons for Not Getting Vaccinating Against Influenza

It’s the gift that keeps on giving, from early fall, through the holiday season and into late spring. It’s seasonal flu, caused by a virus that can fly through the air, hitch a ride on a handshake, hug or kiss, and is extremely good at infecting people and making them sick. ...More

August 29, 2012

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National Council on Aging Urges Older Adults to Get Their Annual Flu Shot

With flu season fast approaching, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s influenza immunization recommendations and urges older adults to receive an annual influenza vaccination. Through a new national Flu + You ...More

August 27, 2012

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Novel Vaccine Additive Boosts Effect Against HIV and Influenza

Oxford University scientists have discovered a compound that greatly boosts the effect of vaccines against viruses such as influenza, HIV and herpes in mice. An 'adjuvant' is a substance added to a vaccine to enhance the immune response and offer better protection against ...More

August 27, 2012

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Safe in Common Urges Flu Vaccine Providers to Demand Syringes with Needlestick Prevention Features

This fall and winter, approximately 150 million doses of flu vaccine will be administered across the U.S during the influenza season – which means one injection will be given to almost 1 in every 2 U.S. citizens. Safe in Common, a non-profit organization established to ...More

August 15, 2012

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FDA Approves Vaccine Formulation for the 2012-2013 Influenza Season

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has approved the 2012-2013 influenza (flu) vaccine formulation for all six manufacturers licensed to produce and distribute the vaccines in the United States. Each year experts from the FDA, the World Health ...More

August 13, 2012

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Scientists Describe Antibodies that Protect Against Large Variety of Flu Viruses

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and Crucell Vaccine Institute in the Netherlands describes three human antibodies that provide broad protection against influenza B virus strains. The same team had previously reported finding broadly neutralizing ...More

August 9, 2012

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CDC Releases FluView Data for Week 30

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an update on influenza cases for week 30 ending July 28, 2012 in the 2011-2012 influenza season. U.S. Virologic Surveillance: WHO and NREVSS collaborating laboratories located in all 50 states and Washington, ...More

August 3, 2012

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Target for Potent First-Strike Influenza Drugs Identified

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported details of how certain drugs can precisely target and inhibit an enzyme essential for the influenza virus' replication. Since all strains of the virus require the same functioning enzyme, researchers believe ...More

August 2, 2012

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