Does High-Dose Flu Vaccine Reduce Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents?
Influenza and pulmonary-related hospitalizations were lower in elderly patients who received the high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine vs the standard dose.
Influenza and pulmonary-related hospitalizations were lower in elderly patients who received the high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine vs the standard dose.
During the 2015-2016 flu season, approximately 59.3% of children and 41.7% of adults received the influenza vaccine.
Developed in Cuba, the TG4010 and CIMAvax-EGF vaccines are undergoing clinical study in the US.
Immunogenicity of 4 different vaccine strains, including H1N1, H3N2, and B influenza, were examined.
A new study found no risks for exacerbation of asthma in children given LAIV, despite ACIP recommendations against its use in children with asthma.
“It is foreseeable that in the coming weeks, challenges to our vaccination system will come from three directions at once.”
The inactivated monovalent influenza A(H1N1) vacccines in both adjuvanted and unadjuvanted forms were more effective in children than adults.
Birth weight and week’s gestation of infants at birth are not affected by maternal influenza vaccination during any trimester of pregnancy.
No safety signals were observed with the administration of quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine, according to a large population study.
Researchers evaluated whether administering double-dose IIV4 to children younger than 3 years of age improved protection against influenza B without increasing adverse events in a phase 3 trial.