Flu

Tracking influenza vaccination among health care personnel through an automated system enhances their immunization compliance while reducing their administrative burden.

Two leading experts, Steve Oberste, PhD, chief of the Polio and Picornavirus Laboratory Branch at the Centers for Disease Control in Bethesda, MD, and Rafal Tokarz, PhD, of the Center for Infection & Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University weigh in on the outbreak's source.

Nearly 700 children across 46 states are now infected with the severe respiratory illness.

The child showed no symptoms of the virus prior to his death.

Tests that may help health care professionals diagnose influenza more quickly and accurately have received support from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

In many cases, children between the ages of 6 months and 8 years should receive 2 doses of the influenza vaccine separated by a minimum of 4 weeks.

Influenza boosts the ability of pneumococci to cause middle ear and throat infections.

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging all Americans aged 6 months and older to receive flu shots for the impending influenza season.

Pregnant women exhibit a more powerful immune response to influenza, but only half are currently vaccinated.

Lauren Forni, PharmD, RPH, of CVS/pharmacy, explains why pharmacists are providing vaccines to 2014 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo attendees.

Navigating the intricacies of specific formulations is of foremost importance to the community pharmacist.

A single dose of intramuscular peramivir (Rapivab) alleviated the symptoms of influenza in 2 clinical trials.

The short shelf life of the live attenuated influenza vaccine may contribute to patients unwittingly receiving an expired dose.

The FDA has approved the first needle-free device for injecting the Afluria influenza vaccine in adult patients aged 18 to 64 years.