Liver disease was associated with reduced protection against influenza-associated hospitalization following influenza vaccination.

A trial of the influenza antiviral baloxavir suggests that the drug could be used as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent ...

A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to ...

It was roughly 70% effective, with some mice showing symptoms and viral ... To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what's called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 ...

This fundamental aspect of vaccine design means that regardless of effectiveness rates, receiving a flu shot cannot directly lead to contracting influenza. The components in both inactivated and ...

TORONTO - This season's influenza vaccine is estimated to have been more than 40 per cent effective in preventing illness with the dominant H3N2 viral strain in Canadians who got their shots ...

The study’s results indicated the cumulative incidence of influenza – or the number of new cases divided by the total number ...

The warnings cite a non-peer-reviewed article by Cleveland Clinic researchers titled Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine During the 2024-2025 Respiratory Viral Season. It was posted on April 4 ...

In a video originally published on Inside Medicine, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust takes aim at a widely circulated Cleveland Clinic preprint on flu vaccine effectiveness -- one that ...

However, it did not meet immunogenicity endpoints for influenza B strains. A parallel phase 3 efficacy trial (P302) similarly found greater effectiveness against influenza A, with diminished efficacy ...

Kennedy Jr. seems to be prescient, notwithstanding media hand-wringing. The current flu vaccine, whose effectiveness is a tossup every year, in fact makes infection substantially more likely than not ...