With Bird Flu Tests Hard to Get, How Will We Know When to Sound a Pandemic Alarm? If government doesn't prepare to ramp up testing, U.S. could be caught off guard again Jun 11, 2024
COVID-Flu Vax on the Horizon; Counterfeit Diabetes Devices; Surviving Bird Flu Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jun 11, 2024
FDA Expands Use of RSV Vaccine to Include More Adults Arexvy now approved for people 50 years and older at increased risk of serious outcomes Jun 10, 2024
'Uncertainty' Is Indeed a Bad Word: A Second Opinion on Pandemic Communication Information should be presented to the public using a three-part approach Jun 09, 2024
Cucumbers Hospitalize 54; First H5N2 Bird Flu Death; FDA Warns on Oysters, Clams Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jun 06, 2024
'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour Jun 03, 2024
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected May 31, 2024
First U.S. Bird Flu Case With Respiratory Symptoms Emerges The third human case of H5N1 occurred in a Michigan dairy farm worker May 30, 2024
CDC Prepping for 'Possibility of Increased Risk to Human Health' From Bird Flu Approximately 350 recently exposed farm workers are being monitored May 24, 2024
New U.S. Human Case of Bird Flu Reported H5N1 in Michigan farmworker becomes second human case associated with outbreak in dairy cows May 22, 2024
Matthew Perry's Death Investigated; CDC H5N1 Surveillance; Trump Talks Birth Control Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 22, 2024
Public Health Preparedness for Bird Flu Varies Widely Across the U.S. Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations May 21, 2024
Texas Team's Wastewater Surveillance Can Pick Up Concerning H5N1 Mutations TEPHI's monitoring gets more granular than CDC's influenza A wastewater dashboard May 16, 2024
Want to Stay Safe From Bird Flu? Cook Meat at Recommended Temperature, USDA Says No H5N1 has been found in the meat supply, but cooking meat well would kill it if it appeared May 16, 2024
PICU Use for Bronchiolitis Tied to 'Striking' Rise in Noninvasive Breathing Support Multiple factors appear to be behind jump in high-flow nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation use May 16, 2024
There's Bird Flu in U.S. Dairy Cows. Raw Milk Drinkers Aren't Deterred. "People are seeking raw milk like crazy," said one dairy purveyor May 15, 2024
Avian Flu Update: U.S. Announces More Than $175 Million to Track, Contain H5N1 "The risk to the public from this outbreak remains low," HHS Secretary says May 10, 2024
Adult RSV Shots Given to More Than 30 Babies by Mistake "Administration errors are preventable with proper education and training," say study authors May 09, 2024
WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It. The report "is a complete U-turn," according to one expert May 05, 2024
Potential First Known Case of Mammal-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Detailed Genetic evidence strongly suggests dairy farm worker contracted H5N1 from cattle May 03, 2024
FDA Says Dairy Products Like Cottage Cheese Are Safe No culturable H5N1 virus detected in milk products; no virus in infant formula, either May 01, 2024
Report on H5N1 in Cattle, Cats Increases Concern of Spillover Event Analysis suggests cow-to-cow transmission, potential spread through raw milk Apr 30, 2024
Are We Testing Enough for H5N1? Experts question whether U.S. has a handle on the scope of the outbreak in dairy cattle Apr 25, 2024
Most Expectant Moms Say They're Likely to Get Maternal RSV Vaccine But one in five soon-to-be parents said they had never even heard of RSV, survey finds Apr 25, 2024
Bird Flu Found in Milk; Clinic Implanted Dead Embryos? Olympic Abuse Settlement Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Apr 24, 2024
Is There a Vaccine for H5N1 Influenza? And how quickly could it be deployed should it be needed? Apr 22, 2024
Experts in Industry Wrangle Over Whether Combo Vaccines Are Beneficial for Adults Panelists from companies making such vaccines see "enormous" benefit, others are more skeptical Apr 04, 2024
Flu Vaccine Uptake Tripled With Simple Promotion Just asking ED patients whether they wanted a flu shot doubled uptake Apr 02, 2024
Are Deadly Strep Infections on the Rise? Here's What to Know End of COVID preventive measures may contribute to spikes in invasive strep infections Mar 28, 2024
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Surgery; Bird Flu in U.S. Milk; Light Pollution and Strokes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Mar 26, 2024
Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study Low absolute risk emerged for flu vaccines, however Mar 19, 2024
Electronic Nudges to Get the Flu Shot Fall Short for Vax Rates, Outcomes More intensive interventions are likely needed to improve flu vaccine uptake Mar 18, 2024
Published Data Show Why GSK Bailed on Its Maternal RSV Vaccine Solid efficacy for protecting infants from serious RSV marred by 37% higher risk of preterm birth Mar 13, 2024
Flu Makes a Late Stand in Some Parts of the U.S. Michigan shows a late surge, while other regions have seen improvements Mar 12, 2024
CDC: Nirsevimab 90% Effective Against RSV Hospitalization in Infants But effectiveness over a full RSV season expected to be lower, researchers caution Mar 08, 2024
Congress Should Simplify Medicare's Vaccine Coverage All ACIP-approved vaccines should be covered by Medicare Part B Mar 04, 2024
CDC: Flu Shots Working Moderately Well This Season The vaccines were around 40% effective against severe illness for adults, 60% for kids Mar 01, 2024
CDC Monitoring Rare Neurologic Events After RSV Vaccination Cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in vaccinated older adults slightly higher than background rates Feb 29, 2024
Indoor Pest Exposures Tied to Respiratory Issues in Kids With Asthma Mice, cockroach allergens associated with upper respiratory infections with reduced lung function Feb 29, 2024