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Flu vaccination is underused in high-risk patients but is associated with reduced rates of cardiovascular events among patients who do receive it

Flu Vaccination in High-Risk Groups May Reduce CV Events

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Hospitalized patients at high risk who are vaccinated have lower rates of MI, TIA, cardiac arrest, death
Baloxavir demonstrates postexposure prophylactic efficacy for preventing influenza in household contacts of index patients

Baloxavir Protects Household Contacts From Influenza

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Percentage of patients in whom clinical influenza developed significantly lower in baloxavir group
Patients with COVID-19 appear to have a heightened risk for acute ischemic stroke compared with patients with influenza

Acute Ischemic Stroke Risk Higher With COVID-19 Than Influenza

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Higher risk remains even when adjusting for demographic and clinical features
Homeless people in New York state are more likely to be hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators for respiratory infections than people who are not homeless

Homeless More Likely to Need Ventilators for Respiratory Illness

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Authors say these findings for influenza may have implications for infection control during the pandemic
There is a small increased risk for subdeltoid bursitis after influenza vaccination

Small Increase Seen in Risk for Subdeltoid Bursitis With Flu Shot

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Attributable risk was 7.78 additional cases of subdeltoid bursitis per million persons vaccinated
About 6.1 percent of parents are hesitant about routine childhood vaccines

More Than One in Four Parents Hesitant About Flu Vaccine

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Seventy and 26 percent strongly agree that routine and flu vaccines are effective, respectively
Most health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs continue to work when sick with influenza-like illness

Sickness Presenteeism Common With Influenza-Like Illness

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Most health care workers, non-HCWs continue to work when sick with ILI; more HCWs work with fever
Online forum users commonly report that a ketogenic diet can lead to several flu-like symptoms within the first few weeks on the diet

Chat Users Report Flu-Like Symptoms With Keto Diet

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A cluster of transient symptoms occurring within the first few weeks on the diet described online
Many clinicians are unaware of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after severe influenza

Many Clinicians Unaware of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

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Galactomannan testing for ICU patients with severe influenza used always or very often by 8 percent
Adjuvanted FLU-v

Adjuvanted FLU-v Vaccine Immunogenic in Healthy Adults

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Results of early research support further development of synthetic universal influenza vaccine