Enlarge / A view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. reader comments 134 COVID-19 is becoming more like the flu and, as such, no longer requires its own virus-specific health rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday alongside the release of a unified “respiratory virus guide.” In ..
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Enlarge / The flu virus, showing the H and N proteins on its surface. reader comments 25 with Vaccine advisors for the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously (12 to 0) Thursday to remove, “as soon as possible,” a component of annual flu shots that targets a strain of the virus that appears to have ..
Enlarge / Influenza virus. Image produced from an image taken with transmission electron microscopy. Viral diameter ranges from around 80 to 120 nm. reader comments 41 with The World Health Organization on Friday recommended ditching a common component of seasonal influenza vaccines that protects against a particular strain of the virus—because that strain appears to ..
Enlarge / The flu virus, showing the H and N proteins on its surface. reader comments 42 with An mRNA-based flu vaccine designed to offer long-lasting protection against a broad range of influenza viruses is now in a phase I clinical trial, the National Institutes of Health announced this week. The trial brings the remarkable ..
reader comments 75 with 0 posters participating Share this story The US continues to see a dramatic and early surge in respiratory illnesses, which is hitting young children particularly hard and setting records for the decade. The Southeast region is the most affected by the surge, which is driven by cases of flu, RSV (respiratory ..
Enlarge / A bottle of influenza vaccine at a CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic on September 10, 2021, in Miami. reader comments 51 with 36 posters participating Share this story The pandemic coronavirus’ debut wrought universal havoc—not even seasonal flu viruses were spared. Amid travel restrictions, quarantines, closures, physical distancing, masking, enhanced hand washing, and disinfection, ..
Enlarge / A masked pedestrian crosses an empty street at a usually busy intersection in the Central Business District on February 3, 2020, in Beijing, China. reader comments 86 with 65 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Reports of influenza and a host of other infectious diseases have plummeted as the ..
reader comments 44 with 34 posters participating Share this story SARS-CoV-2 wasn’t the first coronavirus that spawned fears of a pandemic; there were worries about SARS and MERS before it arrived. But influenza viruses have also been a regular source of worries, as they can often spread from agricultural animals to us. Earlier this week, ..
Enlarge / A child received a vaccination against influenza A (H1N1). reader comments 143 with 75 posters participating Share this story The 2019-2020 flu season is up and running—and so far, it’s off to a weird start. Flu activity has been elevated since the start of November and is only expected to continue climbing, the ..
Enlarge / Get one. (credit: Getty | Jeff Greenberg) The 2017-2018 flu season was brutal, leading to an estimated 80,000 deaths and 900,000 hospitalizations, according to new figures released Thursday, September 27, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those are the highest estimated tolls the health agency has calculated for any flu season ..