Content about Influenza pandemic

March 4, 2013
WSJ: CDC sets stage for a four-strain flu shot for the next flu season

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention set the stage for the first quadrivalent influenza vaccine to be introduced in the 2013-2014 flu season, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

February 25, 2013
CDC: Flu incidence drops to 2.8%

The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness was 2.8% for the week ended Feb. 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, a strong indicator that the 2012-2013 flu season is on its way out.

February 15, 2013
Study: Not all children with flu-like symptoms have the flu

According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, not all respiratory ailments that generate influenza-like symptoms can be attributed to the flu.

February 7, 2013
California vaccine distributor reports inventory still on hand for last-minute inoculations

While this season's flu epidemic maintains its strength across the West Coast, one vaccine distributor announced they still have vaccine on hand.

February 1, 2013
Flu continues to rage across West, Southwest United States

The flu epidemic is in full swing in the West and across the Southwest, as just about every state west of the Mississippi through to California is in the red on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weekly FluView for the week ended Jan. 26.

January 31, 2013
Climate change could exacerbate flu epidemic, study finds

While experts say climate change could produce a wide range of side effects, a new one could be earlier and more severe flu seasons, according to a new study.

January 25, 2013
CDC: Flu still strong across central U.S.

If the flu were a storm cloud, the influenza virus is hovering over America's Bread Basket on its way to the Southwest, according to data provided through the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network.

January 25, 2013
Johns Hopkins researchers track flu through Twitter

"Too sick to go to work, but not sick enough not to tweet about it" Twitter users are helping to predict flu trends.

January 18, 2013
CDC: Influenza rates continue to drop nationwide, though flu incidence is picking up in the West

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a slight drop in influenza-like illnesses across the country, but even so the season is still going strong.

January 16, 2013
DSN Flu Report UPDATE: OTC sales spike as flu travels West

This year is turning out to be a strong cough and cold season even though there are more flu shots being administered at retail, and those flu shots are a pretty good match to the popular strains this year — 99.4% of the H3N2 influenza viruses tested matched one of the three components of the 2012-2013 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine.

January 14, 2013
Enough flu vaccines to go around - just not everywhere at once

Amid an unusually strong flu season that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called an epidemic, supplies of flu vaccines are running low, and some people hoping to get immunized are having trouble finding them.

January 14, 2013
Jewel-Osco shipping extra flu doses amid increased demand

Jewel-Osco is shipping "thousands" of extra doses of flu vaccine amid a flu season that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has labeled an epidemic, the retail chain said.

January 14, 2013
U.S., Canadian health authorities report spot shortages of Tamiflu

As if the reported spot shortages of flu vaccine aren't bad enough, there have been reports of similar shortages of flu drugs throughout the United States and parts of Canada due to increased demand.

January 9, 2013
Report: Severe flu expected to drive increased pharmacy trips, same-store sales

The rocketing incidence of flu has been characterized as the most severe in at least a decade, and it's only going to get worse. Or better, depending upon your perspective.

January 7, 2013
Report: Flu vaccinations to see surge in coming decade

Lingering fears of pandemic flu in the United States and a spike in flu activity will help to keep vaccination levels high, according to a new report.

December 19, 2012
Citi analyst: Flu activity up year over year in early December

Predictions of a more active flu season are coming true as temperature differences have helped drive flu activity, a Citibank financial analyst wrote.

October 18, 2012
Sanofi Pasteur seeks to expand seasonal flu protection from three influenza strains to four

Sanofi Pasteur on Thursday announced it has filed for approval of a four-strain flu shot to the Food and Drug Administration.

August 3, 2012
CDC: Additional cases of flu strain infection reported

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported 12 additional human infections with influenza A (H3N2) variant virus in three states, comprising of one case in Hawaii, 10 cases in Ohio and one case in Indiana.

June 18, 2012
Is an ounce of prevention taking a pound of cure out of the pharmacy?

More people had gotten their influenza vaccine by November 2011 than they had by November 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and last year's triumvirate virus was a good match for the predominant flu strains in circulation.

May 8, 2012
Research: Canadian researchers discover pathway to developing universal flu vaccines

University of British Columbia researchers may have found a way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations, university officials announced Tuesday.

April 18, 2012
Walgreens donates remaining flu shot inventory to Lao PDR

Walgreens on Wednesday donated 375,000 doses of seasonal flu vaccine to Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

April 16, 2012
CDC tracking influenza strain that especially could impact children under 10 years old

Children under the age of 10 years old may be especially susceptible to a new strain of influenza, according to an article published Friday in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

April 6, 2012
Study finds quadrivalent FluMist vaccine more effective than traditional inoculations

An intranasal vaccine that includes four weakened strains of influenza could do a better job in protecting children from the flu than current vaccines, research released Tuesday by St. Louis University found.

March 2, 2012
CDC's latest weekly flu report: Still no season to speak of to date

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued its latest update on the influenza season to date, or rather the lack thereof. For the week ended Feb. 25, visits for influenza-like illnesses have yet to crack the national baseline of 2.4% this season.

March 1, 2012
FDA approves first flu vaccine to treat four strains of virus

The Food and Drug Administration has approved what it called the first flu vaccine to prevent four strains of the influenza virus.

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