Influenza News

There is currently a temporary shortage of oseltamivir oral suspension, according to an FDA press release.

Simultaneous administration of the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in young children increased their risk of fever, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Canadian researchers reported that influenza vaccination during pregnancy was associated with improved neonatal outcomes, including a lower risk for preterm birth and low birth weight.

Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection has caused severe respiratory illness among young and middle-aged adults so far this season, the CDC reported.

More children than adults experienced neurological manifestations of influenza, researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

An influenza forecasting system that combined real-time estimates from Google Flu Trends and data from CDC surveillance programs reliably predicted the timing of the 2012-2013 influenza season up to 9 weeks in advance of its peak.

Avian influenza A(H7N9) has not acquired the mutations necessary to be transmitted easily from human to human, despite infecting more than 100 people and causing dozens of deaths in 2013, researchers have found.

On Wednesday, the New York City Board of Health unanimously approved a mandate requiring that all children younger than 5 years attending a city-licensed daycare or preschool receive the influenza vaccine, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

On Wednesday, the New York City Board of Health unanimously approved a mandate requiring that all children younger than 5 years attending a city-licensed daycare or preschool receive the influenza vaccine, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Influenza vaccination prevented an estimated 6.6 million influenza-associated illnesses and 79,000 hospitalizations during the 2012-2013 influenza season, according to a CDC report in MMWR.