Influenza News

The NIH is sponsoring two clinical trials to test an investigational vaccine for H7N9 infection in humans.

Influenza-associated complications among hospitalized children may be associated with increased intensive care requirements and prolonged hopsitalization which highlights the importance of primary prevention of influenza in children with influenza vaccines, according to recent study findings published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

The FDA recently approved an automated molecular diagnostic test that detects influenza A, influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

One Chinese patient infected with influenza A H7N9 most likely became ill following direct contact with an infected family member, according to recent study findings.

Certain risk factors may help clinicians identify children at risk of severe outcomes when sick with an influenza-like illness, according to recent study findings published in the British Medical Journal.

Pediatric influenza vaccine rates increased when an automated, hospital-based influenza vaccination program was integrated into the electronic medical record system, according to recent study findings published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

The FDA today approved an additional quadrivalent intramuscular influenza vaccine for those aged at least 3 years, according to a GlaxoSmithKline press release.

One Chinese patient infected with influenza A H7N9 most likely became ill following direct contact with an infected family member, according to recent study findings published in the British Medical Journal.

Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus caused more severe disease among both adults and children during the 2010-2011 influenza season than did influenza A (H3N2) and influenza B viruses, according to data from CDC researchers.

The emerging H7N9 avian influenza A virus, which has claimed the lives of at least 40 people, carries traits that make it easily adapted in humans, making this virus a candidate to cause a pandemic, according to several research papers.