Flu

The nasal spray flu vaccine sold as FluMist Quadravalent shouldn't be used in any setting during the 2016-2017 flu season, according to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Patients with heart failure who have had 3 or more vaccines had a 55% decreased risk of developing dementia.

The fear of pandemic avian influenza in 2004 spurred the CDC to initiate an international capacity-strengthening program.

Neuraminidase inhibitors prevent the spread of influenza within the body, but they don't directly eradicate the infection.

The FDA has approved Seqirus Inc's supplemental biologics license application for the use of its Flucelvax Quadrivalent influenza vaccine in patients 4 years and older.

As the name suggests, human immunodeficiency virus is all about lowered immunity.

Women who get a flu shot while they're pregnant help protect their baby from contracting the flu in the first 6 months of life, according to a new study.

Modified common flu adenovirus helps treat drug resistant cancers.

Rapivab was approved by the FDA in December 2014 to treat acute and uncomplicated influenza in adults.

Anti-top1 cancer drugs can potentially stop inflammatory responses that lead to sepsis.

Pharmacists may want to encourage their patients to receive the flu vaccine in the morning, rather than the afternoon.

Health care stakeholders across the nation are working to address public health needs in creative ways, and many of their solutions involve eliminating the prescription as a barrier to accessing health care.

Many Americans neglect a powerful way to prevent influenza infection and reduce its $87 billion related cost to the United States: flu shots.

Around 28,000 influenza infections are severe enough to warrant intensive care unit admissions each year.

Alzheimer's disease, a neurological disorder expected to more than triple in incidence by 2051, has some interesting similarities with infections like the flu.

By the end of March, influenza activity had decreased slightly but was still elevated across the country, according to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention.

Pharmacists must address questions and fears that patients have about the flu vaccine.

During the 2013-2014 influenza season, the influenza vaccination prevented approximately 7.2 million illnesses and 90,000 influenza-associated hospitalizations.

Pharmacy-driven education can increase immunization acceptance among hospitalized patients refusing flu or pneumococcal vaccination upon admission.

I don't need the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to tell me that this year's trivalent influenza vaccine might have missed a strain.

Pharmacists are essential players in preventing and stopping the spread of influenza.

While flu activity remains relatively low across most of the United States, Walgreens Flu Index data is tracking increased flu activity in the South and Midwest regions.

The Walgreens Flu Index is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information, and ranking of those experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country.

Emergency medical service workers can act as vectors of seasonal influenza due to their close contact with 22 million patients annually.

The Walgreens Flu Index is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information, and ranking of those experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country.