Sentences with phrase «as seasonal flu»

Last winter more than 90 % of deaths were pensioners, who are among the least able to afford heat but the most vulnerable to cold - related diseases, such as seasonal flu, hypothermia, bronchitis and emphysema.

The annual UK Flusurvey aims to collect data from men and women of all ages around the country, in order to map trends as seasonal flu takes hold, enabling researchers to analyse how the virus spreads and who it affects.

Bruce Gellin, director of the National Vaccine Program Office, added that he has «high expectations» that the shots will work without adjuvants, as seasonal flu vaccines do.

The reality is that there are many more viruses and bacterial infections floating around in the winter months, such as the seasonal flu and the common...

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Even if you don't get a flu vaccine before October, as is considered ideal, public health officials recommend that everyone — including pregnant women in any trimester — aged 6 months and older, as well as those with compromised immune systems such as small children and the elderly, get their seasonal flu shots in order to protect both themselves and those around them.

(The symptoms of the swine flu are the same as those of the seasonal flu.)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- As flu season continues, pharmacies across the United States are battling the seasonal illness in various ways.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — It is officially Fall, and with seasonal reminders such as apples, pumpkins, and Halloween decorations all around, can flu shots be far behind?

The flu season can also last as late as May, so it is not just a seasonal concern.

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.

For example, the study showed that while standard testing identified a virus as influenza A, which causes seasonal flu, the new test indicated that the virus was a particularly harsh subtype called H3N2.

This suggests that the pandemic virus will displace the two previous seasonal flu strains, as previous pandemics have done.

«Although this is preclinical work, the strategy warrants further investigation because it holds promise as a simple, economical way to overcome the major limitation of current flu vaccination strategies and may provide broad protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza,» added Elliott.

As with seasonal flu, infections tapered off during the summer of 2013 but reappeared with colder weather.

As the northern hemisphere braces itself for the flu season, and for the first time the US recommends flu vaccination for everyone over 6 months of age, Australia has confirmed that its main seasonal flu vaccine, Fluvax, caused convulsions in 99 children, all of whom recovered.

Seasonal influenza (flu) is not usually associated with diarrhea, but this season many children are reported to have it as one of their symptoms.

The responses of those given the quadrivalent vaccine were the same as those of volunteers who received the vaccine with two strains of A and the strain of B that matched the B strain in the 2012 - 2013 seasonal flu trivalent vaccine.

Seasonal flu strains such as H1N1 and H3N2 have shown little resistance to the drug in adults, but two small studies have shown resistance rates of up to 18 % in Japanese children (ScienceNOW, 26 August 2004).

And not only have I already seen a few patients trickle through with the seasonal flu, but I am also suffering from one right now as I sit down to write and record this episode (cough, cough).

The vaccines targeted an influenza A H1N1 seasonal flu strain as well as A (H7N9), a virus considered to have the potential to trigger a human pandemic.

But it seems that while the number of deaths in the US was comparable to a bad seasonal flu, swine flu claimed three times as many years of life because the victims were so young.

Scientists have identified a potential way to improve future flu vaccines after discovering that seasonal flu typically escapes immunity from vaccines with as little as a single amino acid substitution.

The authors highlight an intriguing finding, which was that the level of antibody tinkering — known as somatic hypermutation — did not increase in volunteers» B cells over time after seasonal flu immunization.

Health agencies suggest people in risk groups, such as pregnant women, get vaccinated against seasonal flu

People with asthma are more vulnerable to complications stemming from the flu — such as pneumonia — and are more likely to be hospitalized, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all people with asthma over six months old get the seasonal and swine flu shot.

Most U.S. cases are mild; from reports, it appears that most people get about as sick as you would when you have the seasonal flu, and recover from their symptoms readily.

Chicken soup may be good for the soul, but is it worth its salt in fending off seasonal lurgies such as cold and flu?

This refreshing smoothie combines the power of camu camu, the best known source of vitamin C, with ginger root and lime to provide an immune boosting effect that will shield your body against seasonal illnesses, such as colds and flu.

In a 2012 Annals of Family Medicine study of adults aged 50 or older, researchers showed that mindfulness meditation is about as effective as exercise for reducing the occurrence of acute respiratory infection, which includes colds and seasonal flu.

Having adequate vitamin D levels will give you stronger defenses against seasonal pollen as well as cold and flu's.

Me and my daughter have caught a seasonal flu, didn't get much sleep this week and haven't been as energetic and «busy» as we usually are.

Over the past couple years, in both 2015 and 2016, the first quarter represented the high point for occupancy in each year, as first quarter data typically shows an uptick in occupancy due to seasonal factors, such as the flu as admissions to skilled nursing properties can increase during that time of year.

«The first quarter data typically shows an uptick in occupancy due to seasonal factors, such as the flu.