Sentences with phrase «common during this flu season»
This year's vaccine combines protection against the H1N1 virus and several strains expected to be most common during this flu season which runs through March.
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The 2012 - 2013 flu vaccine will protect against the three flu viruses that experts predicted will be the most common during this year's flu season.
Novavax says that during Phase IIa of seasonal flu vaccine testing, which began in May, it was able in the majority of people tested to surpass the FDA's requirements for producing enough antibodies to protect the body from the H3N2, H1N1 and B viruses — all of which were common enough a year ago to be used to develop flu vaccines for the 2008 to 2009 flu season.
Scientists make the vaccine before the flu season starts by predicting which flu strains are likely to be the most common during the upcoming season.
According to the CDC flu season is most common during winter months.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a potentially deadly infection in which fluid fills the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, appears more common among heart surgery patients during flu season, the researchers found.