Influenza Vaccination

PARIS — Influenza vaccination is associated with a significantly reduced risk for all-cause mortality, CV mortality and death from acute MI and stroke in patients with hypertension, according to data presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

The incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospital admissions among infants may be more than 2 times higher than current estimates, according to findings from four low- and middle-income countries published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

Oseltamivir for influenza prophylaxis is a consideration for health care workers at high risk for developing influenza, including those who decline vaccination, but it comes with some challenges, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Medical professionals caring for migrant children and their families in holding at the southern border will not vaccinate them against influenza in preparation for the upcoming influenza season, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, confirmed to Infectious Diseases in Children.