CDC: Bad flu season has peaked in the United States
One of the worst flu seasons in years has reached its peak and is improving, officials with the Centers for Disease Control ...
Kids hospitalized by flu jumps by a staggering 145%: ‘This is a particularly severe season’
The rate at which children are being hospitalized for the flu has skyrocketed to 145 percent since the start of the year, ...
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Sunday Read: Stateline reports declining vaccination rates — which might get worse as states relax rules
By Shalina Catlani Stateline More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking ...
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We’re getting closer to universal flu vaccine, say Janssen and Scripps
would be to create a life-long vaccine," Wilson said. Other research teams are working on universal flu vaccinations, with a variety of approaches. The US FDA is working with Okairos, a Swiss ...
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EU clears Roche's flu drug Xofluza in very young children
With this year's influenza season off to an early start and ... The new EU label is broader than in the US, where the FDA approved Xofluza last August for treatment in children aged five years ...
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Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children
The CDC estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter including 86 children. The agency says at least ...