AN URGENT warning has been issued over flu season as free vaccines are now available for specific groups. As winter is fast approaching, the Health Service Executive is encouraging all Irish ...
Isadore Rosenfeld, MD The flu vaccine prevents a viral infection that hospitalizes 200 thousand people in this country every year and kills 36 thousand. We now know that everybody really should ...
Protection from flu vaccines takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may protect you ahead of the holidays.
For more than a decade, the annual flu shot has protected against four types of the influenza virus — but this year, that has changed. In the United States, vaccines for the 2024-2025 flu season ...
The best protection against influenza is the flu vaccine. And we strongly recommend that everyone who is medically able obtain a flu vaccine in the coming weeks. Many SLU students and employees are ...
October is the prime time to get a flu vaccine to protect yourself through the worst of the respiratory season. However, keep your expectations in check. This year’s shot may be less effective ...
Every year the flu is different, and every year the vaccine has to be tailored to that moving target of the flu. Because the flu is so pervasive when it goes around and it can be so dangerous ...
has revealed new information on this year’s flu vaccine. Each year, the CDC looks at flu season data from South America, as the flu season there occurs earlier than in the States.
Fluzone quadrivalent vaccine, which is designed to protect against four different flu viruses; two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses. It is approved for anyone ages 6 months and older.
Flu season is nigh, and if you’re 65 or older, don’t dally on getting your updated 2024–25 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunization only for people 65 ...
Health Services will usually hold a Flu Shot Clinic in early October each year. Please watch out for emails toward the end of the September alerting you to these flu clinics. The flu shot is ...
Getting your flu shot is more important now than ever. You are strongly urged to attend one of our Flu Shot Clinics or visit a provider near you for your flu shot. Flu Shot Clinics: October 1 October ...