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Hospital Admissions for Children With Flu Climbing Across the United States
2025-03-04
Fifty-seven pediatric influenza-related deaths have been recorded for the 2024/2025 seasonContinue Reading
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Severe Flu Season Raises Concerns About Brain Complications in Kids
2025-02-28
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As this year’s severe flu season rages across the country, federal health officials are investigating a rise in rare but life-threatening brain complications in children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says at least 19,000 people have died from theContinue Reading
Second Flu Vaccine Meeting Canceled — What Happens Next?
2025-02-27
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal vaccine advisory panel work session focused on next year’s flu shot has been canceled without explanation. It is the second vaccine advisory meeting that has been canceled or postponed since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, was confirmed asContinue Reading
New Coronavirus Found in Bats, Experts Say It’s No Threat
2025-02-26
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say it’s not a threat to public health — right now. They reported recently in the journal Cell that they found the virus, calledContinue Reading
Listeria Outbreak From Frozen Shakes Kills 12, Sickens 38
2025-02-25
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A listeria outbreak tied to frozen shakes served in hospitals and long-term care facilities has sickened at least 38 people and killed 12, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The shakes, which are not sold in retail stores, were suppliedContinue Reading
This Flu Season Is Worst In A Decade
2025-02-21
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu — the most since the 2015-2016 season, according to the U.S. CentersContinue Reading
FDA Approves More Broadly Protective Meningococcal Vaccine
2025-02-18
Vaccine helps protect against the A, B, C, W, and Y serogroups of Neisseria meningitidisContinue Reading
Flu and Stomach Bugs Are Spreading Fast—Are You Prepared?
2025-02-16
SUNDAY, Feb. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Flu season is in full swing, making it more important than ever to take steps to protect yourself and your loved ones. Dr. Priya Soni, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Health Center in Los Angeles, shares what to expectContinue Reading
CDC: U.S. Influenza Activity in the United States Remains Elevated
2025-02-11
High or very high outpatient respiratory illness activity reported in 43 states in last week of JanuaryContinue Reading
Severe Infections Double Risk of Heart Failure
2025-02-03
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Landing in the hospital with COVID or the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests. Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as likely to develop heart failure years later, according to findings publishedContinue Reading