Influenza News

For every 15 health care workers who receive influenza vaccination, one fewer person in the community will have an influenza-like illness, according to study results presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, or APIC.

Protection against influenza acquired through trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine dwindled a year after vaccination, according to study findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Adverse events were similar among children who received the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine compared with the live attenuated influenza vaccine, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Decreased influenza rates and improved school attendance can be achieved with influenza vaccination of at least one-quarter of a school’s population, according to recent study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have been awarded a $4.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop a universal influenza vaccine to protect against all influenza viruses, according to the university.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Use of text message reminders to help promote delivery of a second dose of influenza vaccine in a low-income, urban minority population could be improved by embedding health literacy information into the message, according to study findings presented here.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Recent study results suggested that vaccine efficacy may be lower among patients vaccinated in the prior season; however, data presented here at the 2014 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting showed otherwise.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Recent study results suggested that vaccine efficacy may be lower among patients vaccinated in the prior season; however, data presented here at the 2014 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting showed otherwise.

In response to a recent review recommending that guidance on using neuraminidase inhibitors be reviewed based on the small benefit compared with the risk of harm, the Infectious Disease Society of America released an official statement to address any confusion with regard to these drugs.

The trivalent influenza vaccine appeared safe and effective in a study of Australian children younger than 2 years. However, vaccine uptake remains low, according to recent study results published in Pediatrics.