«The importance of practicing proper hygiene including frequent hand washing and covering coughs and sneezes, as well as staying home from school and work if you're sick with flu - like symptoms and remaining home for 24 hours after a fever subsides, can not be stressed strongly
enough during this flu season,» Gilmore said.
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.