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Mexico, former swine flu hub, tests nerves with coronavirus strategy
Mexican officials are dragging their feet on border closures and coronavirus containment measures, in what critics call a high risk strategy driven by bad memories of a shutdown a decade ago that deepened the country's recession during the swine flu epidemic.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Canada Reports First Case Of Rare H1N2 Swine Flu
The Alberta case is not only the first time this swine flu variant has been found in Canada, but just the 27th such case detected worldwide since 2005.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 5, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tommy Beer, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Coronavirus SportsMoney Source Type: news
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
Editor ’s note: This news release was updated March 3 to include a new link to the study about COVID-19 and to reflect that the study has been accepted by the journal eLife. The release was previously updated Feb. 5 to include new comments from Professor James Lloyd-Smith about screening practices use d by public health officials. Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we encounter in childhood.Scientists from UCLA and the University of Arizona have found that people ’s ability to fight off the flu virus is d...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 4, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
A Look at Past Vaccine Drives: Smallpox, Polio and the Swine Flu
As governments begin rolling out the biggest vaccine drives in history, a look at mass vaccination campaigns of the past offers insight into mistakes.
Source: NYT Health - January 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jenny Gross Tags: Smallpox Vaccination and Immunization Swine Influenza Epidemics Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
Poll Finds 1 In 3 Parents Won ’ t Get Children Vaccinated For The Flu This Year
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Flu Vaccine Source Type: news
Cape Cod Clinic Aims To Minimize Flu ’ s Impact During Pandemic
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Coronavirus Flu Shot Sandwich News Source Type: news
Health Experts Stress Importance Of Flu Shots During Coronavirus Pandemic
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Coronavirus Dr. Mallika Marshall flu season Source Type: news
Flu Activity Currently Lower Than Last 2 Seasons In Massachusetts
BOSTON (CBS) – Flu activity is currently low in Massachusetts, a good sign as the state struggles like the rest of the country with the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the latest weekly flu report from the Department of Public Health, the percent of “influenza-like illness visits” to hospitals and outpatient facilities is at 1.11 percent. That’s lower than the previous two seasons in the same week. The percentage of hospitalizations is also lower than the last two flu seasons at this time.
The report said “all regions are reporting minimal influenza-like illness activity.”
Authorities have been worried that ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status Healthwatch Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Coronavirus Flu influenza Source Type: news
Bless you! Meet the flu hunters trying to stop the next pandemic in its tracks
Remember flu? Despite lockdowns holding it at bay, a small group of scientists is searching the globe for deadly new strains – and to work out what to put in next winter’s vaccinesLast month, a small group of international scientists met to decide an issue critical to the health of millions of people all over the planet. For once, it wasn ’t about coronavirus, although these experts know a lot about that, too. The task in hand was to save us from a bug we’ve been fighting since before the days of Hippocrates, the first doctor to describe it in 400BC. It’s an adversary potentially as much of a threat as Covid. The...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley. Portraits: David Levene Tags: Flu Vaccines and immunisation Bird flu Health Society Flu pandemic & wellbeing World Health Organization Coronavirus Infectious diseases Life and style Medical research Science World news Microbiology Source Type: news
Should The Massachusetts Flu Vaccine Requirement For Students Also Apply To Teachers?
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Flu Vaccine Source Type: news
Flu vaccine critical to avoid stretching US healthcare amid Covid, scientists warn
Flu season could be like no other this year and a national campaign to promote the flu vaccine is urgent, say scientistsA national public health campaign promoting the flu vaccine is urgently needed to avoid stretched healthcare services being overwhelmed this winter as the US faces cold season while still struggling to gain control of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have warned.Influenza or seasonal flu is a perennial public health burden that, like Covid-19, causes most severe problems among elderly people and those with underlying health conditions.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nina Lakhani in New York Tags: Flu Coronavirus outbreak US news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Getting flu with Covid doubles risk of death, says UK health chief
Both flu and Covid-19 will circulate this winter, warns head of UK Health Security AgencyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople who catch flu and Covid at the same time this winter are twice as likely to die than those who only have coronavirus, according to the UK Health Security Agency chief executive, Dr Jenny Harries.The former deputy chief medical officer for England warned that the UK faces an “uncertain” winter – with both flu and Covid-19 circulating for the first time – and urged people to take up both the coronavirus and flu jabs if eligible.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Maya Wolfe-Robinson Tags: Coronavirus Flu Vaccines and immunisation Science Infectious diseases Health UK news Source Type: news
What happens when flu meets Covid-19?
How seasonal viruses interact with the coronavirus is unknown – it may lessen or sharpen the pandemic – so flu vaccinations are vitalOptimists had hoped Covid-19 might not withstand the blistering heat of a British summer. However those hopes have faded: the virus staged a recent resurgence in Iran amid actual blistering temperatures, and has had no trouble persisting in sultry Singapore.But what happens to Covid-19, and us, when the rain and chill – and flu and sniffles – of autumn set in? Especially, how will the annual winter flu epidemic play out amid a Covid-19 pandemic?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Debora MacKenzie Tags: Flu Coronavirus outbreak Vaccines and immunisation Infectious diseases Medical research Science Society Health Source Type: news
Massachusetts Extends Deadline For Student Flu Vaccine Requirement
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Education Flu Vaccine Source Type: news
GPs in England see big drop in common cold and flu cases
Exclusive: coronavirus restrictions and increased uptake of flu vaccine is likely explanation, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGPs in England have reported a big drop in cases of influenza, colds and other common infections – with cold rates now about a quarter of the five-year average, and flu at about a 20th of the usual level for this time of year.Social restrictions brought in to curb transmission of coronavirus combined with an increased uptake of flu vaccine is the most likely explanation, experts say.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Coronavirus Flu Common cold World news Infectious diseases Medical research Society Science Health policy England UK news GPs Source Type: news
