Hospitals Use “Surge Tents” for Record Flu Illnesses
Facing record numbers of sick flu patients, hospitals throughout the U.S. are pulling out “surge tents” to make extra room and prevent the spread of the flu to patients in...
Facing record numbers of sick flu patients, hospitals throughout the U.S. are pulling out “surge tents” to make extra room and prevent the spread of the flu to patients in...
Authorities in the Philippines have linked at least 3 deaths to the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia and government lawyers have filed a lawsuit against the French drug-manufacturer, Sanofi. The lawsuit is...
Texas is suffering through its worst flu outbreak in decades, according to a recent study of illnesses and deaths. Flu season runs from about September through May. In most years,...
School vaccine requirements are changing, and in some states, parents need to start thinking about what vaccines their children will need before they start school in August. For example, starting...
Australia had an extremely bad flu season over the last few months, and experts believe it was probably because of mutations in the influenza virus (H3N2) that was used in...
Health officials in Michigan are offering free vaccinations against Hepatitis A after outbreaks sickened more than 600 people, including at least 20 people who died and many more who were...
Experts are predicting a severe flu season in the U.S. this year after finding that the flu shot was only 10% effective at preventing influenza A (H3N2) in Australia, resulting...
Sanofi is warning that their new vaccine against dengue fever should only be given to people who have already been infected with the dengue virus due to safety concerns. For...
Influenza (“the flu”) is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a virus. The flu spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes and another person breathes the virus...
November 7, 2017 — The flu vaccine was only 48% effective during the 2015-2016 winter flu season, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The...