Influenza News

Influenza vaccination did not increase the incidence of COVID-19 or worsen outcomes related to the disease, researchers reported.

Experts have expressed concern about a surge in COVID-19 cases during influenza season.

A national survey conducted by Orlando Health, a not-for-profit health care organization, found that two-thirds of U.S. parents are nervous to take their children the pediatrician’s office during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although influenza vaccination rates have increased in the United States, new data showed that less than 60% of U.S. adults plan to get vaccinated against influenza this season, despite fears of a COVID-19 “twindemic,” experts said.

CMS announced that rates of vaccinations and primary and preventive services among the 40 million children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program “steeply declined” during first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interventions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission have led to a global decline in influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in MMWR.

The AAP issued its influenza vaccine recommendations for the 2020-2021 season, still emphasizing the importance of vaccinating everyone aged older than 6 months.

A previously healthy 6-year-old female presents to your clinic for evaluation of a left axillary lump and subjective fever.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Children born in the months of September through December were significantly more likely to receive an influenza vaccination than those with earlier birthdays, researchers reported.