Influenza Vaccination

Medicare eligibility was associated with sharp reductions in racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage, access to care and self-reported health, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The American College of Cardiology recently held its annual meeting. Healio’s coverage of the virtual conference made up the top stories in cardiology last week.

Influenza vaccination rates were lower among Black patients with inflammatory bowel disease vs. white patients with IBD, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

The results of a phase 3 trial demonstrated that a cell-derived quadrivalent influenza vaccine was well tolerated and elicited noninferior antibody responses compared with a licensed quadrivalent egg-based vaccine in young U.S. children.

Female doctors were more likely than their male counterparts in the same practice to administer influenza vaccines to their older patients, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Among patients with CVD, influenza vaccination was associated with lower risk for all-cause and CV death and major adverse CV events compared with no vaccination, according to a meta-analysis.

A nudge intended to remind general practice residents to receive an influenza vaccine, though deemed “acceptable,” did not increase uptake, according to researchers.

According to the CDC, influenza activity this season has been “unusually low,” with rates of hospitalization as of late January that were similar to 2011-2012 — the least severe season in the past decade.

The fast and successful development of COVID-19 vaccines has generated hope for new and effective vaccines for other infectious diseases, including influenza.

Influenza vaccine effectiveness was significantly lower among immunocompromised adults compared with nonimmunocompromised adults during the severe 2017-2018 influenza season, according to a study.