Vaccine

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As with COVID, testing is the only way to confirm the presence of the influenza virus in your body.
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Do you have the flu? Watch out for these 2025 symptoms, from mild to emergency

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January 9, 2025
The 2024–25 seasonal influenza vaccine doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.
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Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns

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January 3, 2025
A young woman wearing a face mask holds sparklers while celebrating New Year's Eve.
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The COVID winter wave has arrived. Here’s where it’s spreading during the 2024–25 holiday season

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December 31, 2024
As you dive into your New Year’s resolutions, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.
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Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading

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December 18, 2024
Baby with a nebulizer mask on his face
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Moderna pauses its RSV vaccine trial for children after 5 infants are hospitalized in latest challenge of preventing disease

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December 16, 2024
The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year.
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Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s adviser wants to ban. Here’s how the immunization works

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December 13, 2024
Modern-day hippie moms have found solace in one Trump appointee: RFK Jr.
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Modern-day hippie moms have found solace in one Trump appointee: RFK Jr.

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December 4, 2024
Sanofi profit lifted by early vaccine sales, dupixent growth
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Sanofi profit lifted by early vaccine sales, dupixent growth

By Ashleigh Furlong, Tim Loh and Bloomberg
October 25, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
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Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
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Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
As of spring 2024, at which time two RSV vaccines had been FDA-approved, less than 25% of eligible U.S. adults 60 and older had gotten one, according to the CDC.
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RSV can be deadly, especially for older adults. What to know about symptoms and the new vaccine

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October 4, 2024
COVID-19 symptoms can be mild, severe, or nonexistent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and can appear as late as two weeks after you’ve been exposed to the virus.
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Could it be COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2024

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September 21, 2024
Fall begins Sept. 22 and with the change of seasons, the new XEC COVID subvariant that started circulating in Europe over the summer has made its way to the U.S.
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Will the XEC COVID variant bring a fall wave of infections? What to know about symptoms and spread

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September 18, 2024
Adults 65 and older should get their annual flu shot between mid-September and early October, according to Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr., medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Aging Well

Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines

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September 8, 2024

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