Influenza News

I initially became hooked on ID when I was a medical student rounding on ID service and was evaluating a person with pneumonia who had just expectorated purulent sputum.

Researchers presented data at IDWeek showing that socioeconomic vulnerability and race can negatively impact vaccine uptake.

As a physician trained in India, I saw the devastating impact of infectious diseases like TB, malaria and waterborne illnesses, and the profound difference public health interventions can have. That led to my career in global health.

Seven percent of dairy farm workers in two states had evidence of a recent infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a new report published Thursday.

The United States Department of Agriculture this week confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig, raising concerns about the potential health risk to humans.

There was a “marked decrease” in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among nursing home personnel last season, according to researchers, who attributed the decline to cost and the end of the CMS’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement in mid-2023.

The simultaneous administration of adjuvant zoster and influenza vaccines posed no additional safety risks in older adults, results from a randomized study showed.

It's that time of year again, everyone rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot. This throwback episode dives into the history of the struggles pinning down the causative agent of flu and the journey to the vaccine!

LOS ANGELES — Public health officials could have detected H5 influenza in wastewater days before highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in cattle earlier this year, according to a study presented at IDWeek.