CDC data show vaccine effectiveness against the H3N2 strain for all ages was 36%.
Flu activity is very high or high across most of the continental United States.
Flu vaccination reduced pneumonia by 40% and hospitalization by 15% in people with heart failure.
US adults who get the flu vaccine every year are 24.7% more likely to complete a primary COVID-19 vaccine regimen.
Muliple respiratory viruses are already straining health systems, with children among the hardest hit groups.
COVID-19 vaccination of children in Qatar was tied to low to modest, rapidly waning protection against infection with the Omicron variant, but teens had slightly more robust, longer-lasting immunity, suggests a study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The vaccine advisory group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today approved changes to the child and adolescent immunization schedule, which adds COVID-19 vaccine to the recommended immunizations. The recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) passed on a unanimous 15-to-0 vote.
The survey also found that about a third feel confident about getting the flu shot and COVID booster at the same time.
The risk of a range of neurologic conditions rose significantly in the year after COVID-19 infection among a group of US veterans—regardless of whether they had required hospitalization, according to a study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.
Data from nearly 1 million Americans show an 8% to 11% higher rate of mostly mild systemic adverse events.
