Sentences with phrase «against the flu after»

Gov. Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to get vaccinated against the flu after the state reached the highest weekly numbers of flu cases.

Not exact matches

Another caveat: It is still possible to contract the flu after getting a flu shot since the vaccine you receive may not protect against all strains.

It was his first game back after sitting out against No. 22 Auburn last Tuesday after a bout with the flu.

Harper, who was meant to be back in the lineup against the Phillies starting Monday night, won't be playing, after all, thanks to «flu - like symptoms.»

It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop and to provide protection against the flu.

After its latest battle with H1N1, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee recommended in February that everyone six months and older get the annual vaccine, a step that should improve immunity against future pandemics as well as seasonal cycles of the flu.

Image courtesy of Vmenkov / Wikimedia Commons After public outcry against research into avian flu strains that can be transmitted among mammals, 40 of the top scientists working on the influenza strains signed a voluntary moratorium on research last January.

Last summer, she lost her job as European correspondent for Renewable Energy World, an online publication, after filing charges with the F.B.I. against the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and several top U.S. government officials, claiming they are part of a plot to depopulate the United States using tainted H1N1 flu vaccines.

In the group whose mothers had been vaccinated against flu, vaccine efficacy was nearly 70 percent in the first four months after birth.

The data they collect is shared with the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and led to the CDC's recommendation against LAIV last year after data from the two previous flu seasons showed it to be ineffective at preventing influenza A, which is typically the most common strain.

But when these invaders pass through to one or both lungs (often after you've had a cold or the flu), or if your immune system is too weak to defend against an infectious assault, tiny air sacs in your lungs, called alveoli, become inflamed and fill with fluid or pus.

Frequent hand - washing, as often as 10 times a day, is one of the most recommended defenses against the flu, but 39 % of respondents seldom or never wash after coughing or sneezing.