Flu activity remains high overall in the U.S., seniors hit the hardest: CDC
While some areas of the United States are showing some decreased activity of influenza, other areas are showing that flu is on the rise and overall influenza activity remains elevated in most of the country, according More...
CDC: Flu season shaping up to be ‘worse than average’
CDC Director, Dr. Thomas FriedenImage/New York City Department of Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, talked about the current influenza season and the flu vaccine effectiveness More...
Flublok, new influenza vaccine made using baculovirus receives FDA approval
Image/CDC The first trivalent influenza vaccine made using an insect virus (baculovirus) expression system and recombinant DNA technology, Flublok, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval Wednesday More...
Influenza increasing in much of Europe: ECDC
European Union MapImage/CIA Increased influenza activity is being reported in many parts of the European continent, particularly in countries of north-western Europe, according to the European Centre of Disease More...
Maine CDC: ‘Influenza is widespread with all three strains circulating’
Image/CDC Influenza (flu) activity has increased across most parts of the United States, and Maine is no exception. Influenza activity is significantly higher than the 2011-2012 season with the Maine CDC following More...
Flu activity up in the United States, influenza A (H3N2) most common
Image/CDC Influenza activity continues to increase across most parts of the country, with nine out of 10 surveillance regions in the US seeing elevated activity, according to data from the Centers for Disease More...
Tamiflu approved to treat children as young as 2 weeks old: FDA
Public domain image/Moriori at the English Wikipedia project (cropped) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today expanded the approved use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) to treat children as young as 2 weeks old More...
Public health chiefs, Drs. Frieden and Fauci, discuss flu season and vaccines on C-SPAN
CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH Image credit/New York City Department of Health With flu season upon us already, and most state health departments issuing advisories warning about influenza, Americans More...
