Vaccines in the News

Vaccines in the News

Five things to know about the flu April 11, 2016
As the 2015-2016 influenza season is coming to an end, Infectious Disease News has compiled a list of five stories that added new information about the influenza vaccine. [+] more
After Losing Wife To Flu, Minn. Man Has Message For Others April 11, 2016
A Twin Cities husband wants to warn others after his pregnant wife died from complications due to the flu. Becca Meissner, 26, became sick while on vacation in Florida last month. What started out as a sore throat quickly turned more serious. Her husband talked about the love of his life, and what he wishes he would have known. [+] more
This year's influenza vaccine is the most effective yet April 10, 2016
This year's flu season has proven influenza vaccines to be more effective in comparison to the ones from 2015, with a 51 percent vaccine effectiveness against last year's 18 percent. [+] more
Why are so few kids getting the HPV vaccine? April 8, 2016
Ten years after the federal government approved the first vaccines to combat the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, nine years after those vaccines were recommended for all adolescent girls, and five years after they were recommended for all adolescent boys, less than half of girls and only a fifth of boys are getting immunized. [+] more

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