Influenza News

Record-breaking Doctors' Strike Piles Pressure on England's Health Service Junior doctors in England started a six-day walkout over pay on Wednesday, the longest strike in the 75-year history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS), which...
Reuters Health Information, January 02, 2024
COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a 'Variant of Interest,' WHO Says JN.1 was previously grouped with its relative, BA.2.86, but has increased so much in the past 4 weeks that the WHO moved it to standalone status.
WebMD Health News, December 21, 2023

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More Evidence Suggests That 'Long Flu' Is a Thing You may have never heard of it, but you may have had it. More evidence points to "long flu" being a real phenomenon.
WebMD Health News, December 20, 2023

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Novo Owner Commits $265 Million Of Wegovy Windfall to Respiratory Diseases The Novo Nordisk Foundation, which controls drug maker Novo Nordisk, said on Monday it would commit up to 1.8 billion Danish crowns ($265 million) to setting up an...
Reuters Health Information, December 18, 2023
Bird Flu Spreads in Europe With a Delay After Warm Autumn Bird flu is spreading fast in Europe but arrived later this year after a warm autumn delayed migration of wild birds, the main carriers of the virus that led to the death of...
Reuters Health Information, December 14, 2023
Mask Rift Puts Health Workers in Jeopardy Again "Guidelines that are incomplete, weak, and without scientific basis will greatly undermine CDC’s credibility," said a former OSHA director.
KFF Health News, December 14, 2023

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Federal Program Offers Free COVID, Flu At-Home Tests, Rx The Home Test to Treat program is virtual and offers at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions, and at-home treatments to people nationwide.
WebMD Health News, December 08, 2023

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France on 'High' Alert for Bird Flu After New Cases Detected France raised the risk level of bird flu to 'high' from 'moderate' on Tuesday after new cases of the disease were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
Geriatricians, Look Out for Patients With Long COVID Patients residing in nursing homes may exhibit signs of long COVID that are missed.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023

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COVID, Flu Rates Rising Nationwide, but RSV May Have Peaked COVID-19 appears to be heading for a holiday season increase across most of the United States.
WebMD Health News, December 05, 2023
How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023

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EMA Committee Recommends Label Update for Some Decongestants The European Medicines Agency's safety committee on Friday recommended changes to product information for all medicines that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine to address safety concerns related to neurological and heart-related side effects.
Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2023
Human Case of Flu Strain Similar to Pig Virus Detected in UK The first human case of a flu strain similar to a virus circulating in pigs has been reported in the UK. The individual concerned experienced mild illness and fully recovered.
Reuters Health Information, November 27, 2023
China Says No Unusual Pathogens Found in Respiratory Outbreaks Chinese health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens and provided the requested data on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, WHO has said.
Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2023
Without a Prescription: Antibiotic Misuse Common in Eurasia About a third of people surveyed used antibiotics in the last year without a prescription.
Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023

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Peds Immunization Schedule Includes New RSV, Mpox Vaccines Updated CDC guidance includes several new vaccines for children.
MDedge News, November 22, 2023

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Why Intense Exercise May Lead to a Cold Inactivity has emerged as a risk factor for respiratory infections but too much physical activity could also increase susceptibility.
Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023

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Flu Cases Climbing as We Return to a More 'Typical' Season Flu is still nothing to mess with, and officials are promoting the flu activity results as a reminder for people to get their flu shots as soon as possible.
WebMD Health News, November 14, 2023
'We Can't Be the Last in Line Again During a Pandemic' The director of the Pan American Health Organization is taking lessons learned from the pandemic to reshape the region's healthcare sector.
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2023
'Tripledemic': Your Questions Answered A second flu vaccine? Immunization and the immunocompromised? The CDC's Dr Manisha Patel answers questions from the recent Medscape Masters panel on this year's respiratory virus season.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023

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Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Although most doctors believe it's best to stay home if they're ill, today's healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023

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What Happens if You Get Both COVID and Flu (or RSV) at Once? Despite our prevention efforts, some unlucky few may contract not just one of these viruses, but two at once or in close succession during the winter season.
WebMD Health News, November 11, 2023
Double Lung Transplant Uses Double D Breast Implants A first-of-its-kind surgical procedure used breast implants to hold the patient's heart in place before new lungs arrived. Vaping, smoking, and lung infections led to an urgent need for double lung transplant.
Medscape Medical News, November 09, 2023

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Brazil Extends Avian Flu Health Emergency for 180 Days Brazil's agriculture ministry has extended a national health emergency for another 180 days due to more detections of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus in wild birds.
Reuters Health Information, November 07, 2023
CDC to Expand Surveillance of Travelers for Respiratory Viruses The CDC is expanding testing of samples collected from international air travelers beyond COVID-19 to include flu and respiratory synctial virus beginning November.
Reuters Health Information, November 06, 2023
Bird Flu Infects Arkansas Poultry as US Cases Rise Arkansas, a major US chicken producer, has reported its first outbreak of lethal avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in a year, as the nation sees an uptick in cases.
Reuters Health Information, November 03, 2023
Moderna Reins in 2023 COVID Vaccine Forecast, Shares Tumble Moderna on Thursday said its 2023 sales would only hit the low end of its $6 billion to $8 billion forecast, reflecting weaker demand for COVID-19 vaccines, and its shares slumped 8%.
Reuters Health Information, November 02, 2023
Elderly Patients at Highest Risk for Severe COVID Outcomes Among Canadians, patients aged 80 years or older are the least likely to have a history of COVID-19 infection and the most likely to be hospitalized or die following infection, data indicate.
Medscape Medical News, November 02, 2023

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Unlike Pfizer, Moderna Can Meet 2023 COVID Forecast, Analysts Say Moderna should hit the lower end of its sales target for this year as it only needs to tap a small portion of the private market with its COVID vaccine to reach that goal, according to industry analysts.
Reuters Health Information, November 01, 2023
Pfizer Looks Beyond COVID After Quarterly Loss on Paxlovid Pfizer on Tuesday urged investors to focus on growth in non-COVID products such as the new RSV vaccine Abrysvo as slumping demand for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments pushed the drugmaker to its first quarterly loss since 2019.
Reuters Health Information, October 31, 2023
It May Be Time to Pay Attention to COVID Again Since April, a new COVID variant has cropped up. According to recent CDC data, EG.5 — from the Omicron family — now makes up 17% of all cases in the US, up from 7.5% in the first week of July.
WebMD Health News, August 11, 2023

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