Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons hasn’t seen a flu season this bad at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital since the pre-COVID-19 era. “It has been staggering to see the surge in inpatient numbers this season, knowing ...

Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons hasn’t seen a flu season this bad at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital since the pre-COVID-19 era.

Despite variations by age group and influenza virus type, the 2023-2024 influenza vaccine was protective against outpatient illness in pediatric and adult patients.

Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

For example, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) launched its RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, in 2023. It's currently approved to prevent ... Committee ...

And already in the first fortnight of March, 609 cases have been reported. There were 683 cases in the whole month of March ...

NY's 2025 flu season shattered record-highs, topping more than 432,700 cases by March 1. But here's why that peak may mean an ...

In San Luis Obispo County, children infected with the flu during the 2024-25 respiratory virus season have been experiencing more severe and longer-lasting symptoms, according to local pediatricians.

This year's flu vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization ... There were 200 pediatric flu-related deaths in the 2023-2024 season, compared to the previous high of 199 during the 2019-2022 ...

Dairy farmworkers have a higher risk of contracting avian influenza, because they may come into contact with infected animals. Dairy herds have been the source of infection in 41 of the 70 human ...

The effectiveness of vaccines ranges from 19% to 60% in any given season. In the 2023-24 flu season, the vaccine was 42% effective. Similarly, early 2024-25 data from the U.S. shows that the ...