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New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
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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...
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25 years of chickenpox vaccine: 91 million cases prevented
“The declines in deaths, let alone hospitalizations, were jaw-dropping. I hadn’t really seen a synthesis of the impact of one and two doses.”
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Cold viruses thrived in kids as other viruses faded in 2020
"Reasoning for rhinovirus and enterovirus circulation is unknown but may be attributed to a number of factors, such as different transmission...
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Metapneumovirus infections clinically indistinguishable from flu, RSV
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Around the world in 24 hours: A snapshot of COVID’s global havoc
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Two-thirds of U.S. teens fail to get needed vaccines
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Flu vaccine cuts infection severity in kids and adults
Recent U.S. data compiled by the CDC documented that children and adults who received influenza vaccines had fewer severe infections.
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Birth year linked to influenza-subtype susceptibility
Analysis of a recent U.S. flu season showed some age groups were more prone to get H1N1 flu, while H3N2 predominated at other ages.
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One monoclonal dose gives preterm neonates season-long RSV protection
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Cell culture–based flu vaccine maintains immunogenicity
A 2018-2019 commercial flu vaccine made mostly by egg-free cell culture performed as well immunologically as standard vaccine.
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In utero Zika exposure can have delayed consequences
Infants born following in utero Zika virus exposure can appear normal at birth but have neurodevelopmental problems later.
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Swollen knee in a kid? Above 9, treat for Lyme
SAN FRANCISCO – Rule out septic arthritis in hours, not days.
From the Journals
TB vaccine shows promise in previously infected
SAN FRANCISCO – A phase 2b trial shows efficacy in individuals previously exposed to TB, but only in those under 25 years.