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Record numbers of NHS staff get flu jab
Over 450,000 NHS workers - 19 per cent more than last year - were vaccinated this yearRelated items from OnMedicaUS expert calls for mandatory vaccinesWorld not well prepared for swine fluSchools shut due to swine flu outbreakNo deaths from meningitis C last yearAdult vaccine uptake needs improving
Source: OnMedica Latest News - December 23, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Most US Adults Have Not Gotten A Flu Shot For This Mild Season
(CNN) — Most US adults have not gotten a flu shot this season, according to a new survey from NORC, a research organization at the University of Chicago.
As of mid-November, only 43% of surveyed people 18 or older said they had gotten vaccinated against the flu, according to NORC, which has conducted the National Immunization Survey for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2005. Another 14% who remain unvaccinated claim that they will get the shot, the survey indicates.
Even if they do as they intend, that leaves considerably more than a third of adults (41%) who have not — and will not ̵...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Flu Flu Shot Local TV Source Type: news
CDC: Flu Season May Not Have Peaked, Another Wave Of Severe Infections Underway
(CNN) — Flu activity remains high across the nation, and there’s a second wave of severe infections striking some states.
There were as many as 26.3 million flu illnesses, 12.4 million medical visits and 347,000 flu hospitalizations between October 1 and March 2, according to the weekly flu report released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We’re still having flu. And we’re still seeing a steady stream of patients who are being admitted to hospital with influenza,” said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Flu Source Type: news
Vaccination 'a civic duty' according to new report
This report provides useful information about adult immunisations in the UK as well as useful recommendations for increasing immunisation coverage, particularly among social care workers. However, it does not replace current guidelines for recommended vaccines. Currently recommended vaccines for adults in the UK are described below.
Who produced the report?
This report, titled ‘Immune response. Adult immunisation in the UK’ was written by the UK’s International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK). According its website, the ILC-UK is a registered charity and independent think tank dedicated to addressing issues of longev...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication Older people QA articles Source Type: news
Did the English smoking ban stop 90,000 children getting ill?
Conclusion
This observational study found an association between the introduction of the 2007 smoking ban in public places in England and Wales, and a reduction in children's hospital admissions for respiratory tract infections.
The study included data on a large number of admissions for respiratory tract infections in children, using nationwide official hospital statistics to gather this information. This gives us confidence in how well these findings may be generalisable because it limits selection bias.
The researchers took several potential confounding factors into account when analysing their results, including:
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Source: NHS News Feed - May 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction Reports for Neonates and Infants in the UK 2001 ‐2010: Content and Utility analysis
ConclusionsThe frequency of YC reports for those <2 years is low, neonates are poorly represented, and recording of gestational age is poor. With the exception of vaccinations, spontaneous reports alone are not currently generating the data required, and important safety messages from the regulator do not match reporting patterns. Additional reporting strategies are required to improve the quantity and quality of suspected ADR data in young children.
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - August 31, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Daniel B. Hawcutt, Nicki ‐Jayne Russell, Hannah Maqsood, Koushan Kouranloo, Simon Gomberg, Catriona Waitt, Andrew Sharp, Andrew Riordan, Mark A. Turner Tags: PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Source Type: research
Spontaneous adverse drug reaction reports for neonates and infants in the UK 2001 –2010: content and utility analysis
ConclusionsThe frequency of YC reports for those <2 years is low, neonates are poorly represented, and recording of gestational age is poor. With the exception of vaccinations, spontaneous reports alone are not currently generating the data required, and important safety messages from the regulator do not match reporting patterns. Additional reporting strategies are required to improve the quantity and quality of suspected ADR data in young children.
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - September 11, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Daniel B. Hawcutt, Nicki ‐Jayne Russell, Hannah Maqsood, Koushan Kouranloo, Simon Gomberg, Catriona Waitt, Andrew Sharp, Andrew Riordan, Mark A. Turner Tags: PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Source Type: research
Adjusted Flu Vaccine Options Available to Seniors This Year
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about this year's flu shot? Last year's vaccine was ineffective at preventing the flu, especially among seniors. What options are available to me this year? --Seeking Protection Dear Seeking, You're right. Last season's flu shot was not very effective at preventing the flu. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people who got the shot were just 19 percent less likely to visit the doctor for flu than people who did not get the shot. In good years, flu shot effectiveness is in the 50 to 60 percent range. The reason for the shot's ineffectiveness l...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flu jab "may cut" stroke risk by a quarter
ConclusionThis research finds that, overall, having the flu vaccine reduced the risk of a person experiencing a stroke by about 25%. The reduction in risk seemed to be greatest within the first three months of vaccination, but remained for up to 12 months. However, the effect lasted only if the vaccine was given early in the flu season (September to mid-November); giving the vaccine late in the flu season (mid-November to February) was not associated with significantly reduced risk.The research benefits from using data coded within the General Practice Research Database for England and Wales for almost 50,000 people with...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Neurology Older people Source Type: news
Looking for the flu shot? We have you covered
The season is upon us again. No, not fall or football or holiday—I’m talking about flu season, and all the sneezing, aches and pains that come along with it.
Clearly, getting the flu shot is a good idea, especially for families with young children. “Influenza is a serious illness—up to 50,000 people die from the flu every year in the United States,” says Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, an infection control expert and epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. “Getting a flu vaccine is still the best way we have to prevent infection with influenza. Everyone 6 months and older should be vaccina...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 20, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tom Ulrich Tags: All posts Source Type: news
The Future of Flu: A Review of the Human Challenge Model and Systems Biology for Advancement of Influenza Vaccinology
Conclusions: Human challenge studies and systems biology approaches are important tools that should be used in concert to advance our understanding of influenza infection and provide targets for novel therapeutics and immunizations.
Introduction
Although influenza virus was recognized as an important pathogen over a century ago, influenza continues to cause a significant burden of disease. In the United States alone, it's estimated that in the 2017–2018 season there were 959,000 hospitalizations related to influenza illness, and 79,400 deaths (CDC, 2018). Worldwide, WHO estimates that annual influen...
Source: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - April 16, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
A church. A city park. An office. These are not the typical settings for a medical checkup. But a new nationwide study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that providing health services in unorthodox settings helps underserved adults get preventive care.
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study’s authors reviewed 142 outreach programs nationwide and identified 20 that successfully used nontraditional settings, such as churches and parks, to promote or deliver preventive services (such as bone density and cancer screenings) to older underserved populations.
“The r...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 28, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Updated flu DES offers little detail as GPs face 'one year at a time' updates on expanded campaign
GP practices will receive the same £10.06 fee per vaccination as last year under the 2020/21 flu and pneumococcal DES, as the government insisted plans for the 'biggest flu campaign ever' would go ahead despite a lack of detail in the updated specification.
Source: GP Online News - September 4, 2020 Category: Primary Care Tags: Contracts & funding Source Type: news
GPs to vaccinate two-year-olds against flu from September
The government has brought forward plans to begin routine vaccination of children against flu, as it confirmed its shingles, rotavirus and meningitis C programmes.
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Adults With Asthma Not Getting Pneumonia Vaccine As Recommended
BOSTON (CBS) – At about this time, we start talking about flu shots but many adults are missing out on another key vaccine.
The pneumonia vaccine is recommended for all adults with asthma, but a new study finds that only 42% of people ages 18 to 64 who have asthma getting it.
Also known as the pneumococcal vaccine, it protects against a type of bacteria that commonly causes pneumonia.
A version of the vaccine is given to kids in early childhood, older adults, and people with chronic illnesses, including asthma.
So why aren’t more than half of adults with asthma getting the shot? Perhaps they have never heard of it...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall Flu Shot pneumonia vaccine Source Type: news
