Infection Control Today - Influenza

Preventing a Flu Pandemic With Just a Single Dose

Researchers recently found that a single dose of a vaccine being developed by Medicago, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, could protect against not only the avian influenza (H5N1) strain it was designed for, but also another H5N1 strain and a strain of a ...More

November 26, 2012

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Study Says Air Travel Restrictions Should be a Priority When New Flu Pandemic Begins Overseas

During the early stages of a new influenza pandemic, travel restriction is an immediate and non-pharmaceutical means of retarding incidence growth. It extends the timeframe of effective mitigation, especially when the characteristics of the emerging virus are unknown. Chong ...More

November 19, 2012

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Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Rates Improve, but More Work Needed to Protect All Children

While pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the United States have increased considerably over the past five years, a new report issued by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and its Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) identified critical gaps ...More

November 16, 2012

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1 in 3 Fears New Flu Strains and Possible Outbreak, UK Survey Finds

A study by The Co-operative Pharmacy in the UK shows that workers would contribute to the spread of any flu outbreak by going to work ill and not recognizing all of its symptoms. Men would be the worst culprits for spreading what they think is the virus, as more than half ...More

November 6, 2012

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New Employer-Sponsored Program Effective at Increasing Influenza Vaccination

A study presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Francisco and recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that influenza-like illness took a significant toll on employee health and productivity during ...More

November 6, 2012

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Early Use of Antiviral Medications May Help Prevent Lung Failure in Children With the Flu

Children hospitalized for the flu are much less likely to require breathing support from a mechanical ventilator if they receive antiviral drugs like oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) as soon as possible after admission, according to researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. The ...More

November 6, 2012

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More Than a Quarter of St. Louis EMTs Don't Get Flu Vaccines, Study Finds

Patients are regularly advised by healthcare professionals to get timely flu shots, but how often do health workers follow what they advocate? A Saint Louis University study reveals that more than 25 percent of St. Louis area Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) do not get ...More

November 5, 2012

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Free Vaccine Programs for Families of Infants May Protect from Influenza and Pertussis

Free vaccine programs for families of infants and high-risk children are not widely used, but may offer an effective approach to protecting them from influenza and pertussis, according to an article published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection ...More

October 30, 2012

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BMJ Editor Urges Roche to Release Tamiflu Trial Data

BMJ editor-in-chief Dr. Fiona Godlee has urged pharmaceutical giant Roche to honor the promise it made almost three years ago and release key Tamiflu trial data for independent scrutiny. In an open letter to company director Sir John Bell, she says, “Billions of pounds of ...More

October 29, 2012

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Influenza Vaccine May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease and Death

Getting a flu shot may not only protect you from getting sick, it might also prevent heart disease. Two Toronto-based researchers presented studies at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress which found that the influenza vaccine could be an important treatment for ...More

October 29, 2012

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