Influenza vaccination reduces the risk of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis at 12 months in hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction or high-risk coronary disease.
The state of Massachusetts recently dropped a flu vaccine requirement for students due to the low number of cases throughout the state, according to local news reports.
While the majority of people in the United States believe that the flu shot is the most efficient...
Physicians are urging US border officials to give flu vaccines to all migrant children held in detainment, local media reports.
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Researchers believe the practice of producing influenza vaccines in chicken eggs could be partially to blame for the vaccines being less effective than intended.
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The flu continues to spread across the US, with elevated activity in nearly every state.
Read MoreAt least 1,300 people have died from the flu so far this season, according to a preliminary estimate released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC data show that flu cases have risen steadily, with significant flu activity in 24 states and 169 deaths reported.
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Sanofi Pasteur will increase its domestic pandemic influenza vaccine production capabilities in the US.
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An experimental universal flu vaccine is being administered to patients as part of a clinical drug trial at the National Institutes of Health, reports CNN.
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The US government will not give the flu vaccine to migrant families being held in detention centers near the US-Mexico border.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will advise families to inoculate children with the inactivated influenza vaccine (the flu shot) — not the nasal spray flu vaccine — for the 2018-19 flu season.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has released an updated Committee...
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A new delivery method for the influenza vaccination — a Flu patch — could potentially allow self-administration of the vaccine while also eliminating most of the pain of the traditional flu shot.
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