Influenza News

• How PAs Can Avoid Malpractice: Go Back to Practice Basics A thorough medical history that focuses on diagnostics can help PAs steer clear of medical errors and their legal ramifications, a medico-legal consultant advises.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• RSV Kills 100,000 Kids Under Age 5 a Year Worldwide A new study is the first to filter RSV deaths into narrow age brackets. Researchers found that nearly half — 45,000 deaths — were in infants under 6 months old.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• North Korea Reports First COVID Outbreak If infections spread, an outbreak could cause a crisis in North Korea, which lacks medical supplies and has isolated itself by keeping borders closed and refusing international help with vaccines.
  WebMD Health News, May 12, 2022
• ACOG 2022 COVID Fallout: 'Alarming' Dip in Routine Vax for Pregnant Women The percentage of low-income pregnant mothers who received influenza and Tdap vaccinations fell sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Black and Hispanic patients, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• COVID Vaccine Makers Shift Focus to Boosters COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering as many doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months.
  Reuters Health Information, May 09, 2022
• Nasal Sprays for COVID Vaccine Being Developed More than a dozen clinical trials with nasal sprays are under way.
  WebMD Health News, May 10, 2022
• My Choice? Unvaccinated Pose Outsize Risk to Vaccinated A mathematical model underscores the fact that vaccination is more than a personal choice and provides support for vaccine mandates and passports, according to the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Bald Eagles Are Dying in Unprecedented Numbers From Bird Flu This year's bird flu outbreak is ravaging the wild bird population, including a high population of bald eagles, according to an assessment of several wildlife monitoring groups.
  Quick Take, May 09, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Flu Vaccine Linked to Lower Risk for Stroke: INTERSTROKE The authors suggest that wider use of influenza vaccination could be an effective way to reduce the burden of stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Q&A With Hubert (Hugh) Greenway, MD Anyone who practices Mohs micrographic surgery is likely to know the name Hugh Greenway, MD, the longtime head of Mohs and dermatologic surgery at Scripps Clinic in San Diego.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Doc Pay Up; Patient Demand, Labor Market Cause Struggles: Report The spike in inflation, patient demand, and a tight labor market contribute to physician practices' woes, according to a new market report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Bird Flu Puts Organic Chickens Into Lockdown From Pennsylvania to France Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown.
  Reuters Health Information, May 02, 2022
• Moderna Plans to Build Vaccine Facility in Quebec Moderna Inc said it plans to build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Quebec province as part of the COVID-19 vaccine maker's 10-year partnership with the Canadian government to prepare for future pandemics.
  Reuters Health Information, April 29, 2022
• CDC Reports First Human Case of H5 Bird Flu in the US This is the first case of H5 bird flu in humans in the United States and only the second case in the world.
  WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
• Fauci Clarifies 'Out of the Pandemic Phase' Comment as Experts Agree After Anthony Fauci, MD, made national headlines with a proclamation that the US COVID-19 pandemic is over, he walked back his comments.
  WebMD Health News, April 28, 2022
• Long COVID a Serious Challenge for Older Patients, Physicians Experts fear 'second pandemic' of post-infection complications could be particularly hard on long-term care facilities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• China Reports First Human Case of H3N8 Bird Flu China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country's health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low.
  Reuters Health Information, April 26, 2022
• The Future of COVID Testing: Speed, Ease, and Easier Access Testing is one of the pillars of public health needed to control the spread of COVID. But if it is too difficult for most people to do, it doesn't get done. New methods may soon make it easier.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Judge's Ruling on CDC Mask Mandate Shows Limits of CDC's Power A recent court decision that overturns one of the CDC's few pandemic rules spotlights how little power remains in federal hands to enforce public health protections.
  Kaiser Health News, April 21, 2022
• Bird Flu Spreads to Bald Eagles in US Outbreak At least 36 bald eagles have died in 14 states after contracting the virus, according to the latest data from the US Department of Agriculture.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2022