Tag: Flu

Relative risks increased for in-hospital mortality, ICU use, hospital length-of-stay during first wave of pandemic

Trivalent adjuvanted, trivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccines comparable for moderate-to-severe injection-site pain in adults 65 years and older

2.5 percent drop seen in monthly pneumonia, flu mortality rates with implementation of state laws requiring hospitals to offer flu shot

Risk for mechanical ventilation use, admission to intensive care, longer length of stay increased for COVID-19 versus flu

Many more people are getting flu shots to avoid the risk for getting both the flu and COVID-19

Risk for related mortality increased with urinary cadmium in the 80th versus the 20th percentile in whole population, never smokers in NHANES-III

Findings stress importance of prevention, especially for the flu, in the elderly

High-dose trivalent inactivated vaccination no better than standard-dose quadrivalent inactivated vaccination

Last week, the agency also authorized an at-home test collection kit for COVID-19 and flu, available by prescription

58 percent of adults aged 50 to 80 years report being somewhat or very likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine