Influenza
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Digital Nudges Found to Be Duds in Flu Vax Trial
Receipt of text message or patient portal reminders had little effect on patients obtaining an influenza vaccine, study finds.
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neurologic Disorders Versus COVID
Participants hospitalized with COVID-19 versus influenza were significantly less likely to require care in the following year for migraine,...
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High
While COVID rates have slowed, rates of RSV, flu, norovirus, and rotavirus infections are expected to increase.
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Systematic Viral Testing in Emergency Departments Has Limited Benefit for General Population
Rapid viral testing wasn’t associated with reduced antibiotic use, ED length of stay, or rates of ED return visits or hospitalization.
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Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus
Social distancing likely ended a flu strain, and trivalent vaccines are now recommended for next season.
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Midwife’s Fake Vaccinations Deserve Harsh Punishment: Ethicist
In a recent vaccine hesitancy instance, NY midwife gave 1500 kids homeopathic “medicine” rather than standard vaccines.
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Do Kids With an October Birthday Have Protection From Flu?
Because of the recommended vaccination schedules, children born in October may benefit from better flu protection.
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More Evidence Suggests That ‘Long Flu’ Is a Thing
‘Long flu,’ or symptoms lasting 4 weeks or more after hospitalization, can have long-term impact.
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Wastewater can signal upswing in flu, RSV
The new study shows that wastewater-based surveillance is a “robust and adaptable” tool for community-level surveillance of seasonal respiratory...
Commentary
Physicians and clinicians should be required to get flu shots: Ethicist
“I think flu vaccination is something that has already been shown to be useful and important.”
Commentary
Managing respiratory symptoms in the ‘tripledemic’ era
Is it COVID-19, flu, or even RSV?