flu vaccine

Here's the real talk from Dr. Dinerstein: "This year, the Subclade K strain is predominant and is not explicitly covered by the flu vaccination. That said, the vaccine does afford some protection.

Here are a few questions about influenza and its vaccine. It's not the best vaccine out there, but it's far better than nothing.

Flu and COVID-19 are examples of respiratory diseases that require repeated vaccine boosters to prevent illness.

Here we go again — another armchair expert holding forth on scientific and medical issues she misunderstands.

The flu season, which is about to rev up in the U.S.

Flu is the prototype of a respiratory disease that requires repeated – yearly - vaccination to prevent infection.

Over the past several years, the medical community has learned, to its dismay, that we can experience a “twin-demic” of winter infectious diseases – simultaneous COVID-19 and flu outbreaks resulting in intense stresses on healthcare delivery.

The rapid development of mRNA-based COVID vaccines has sparked fresh interest in earlier efforts to produce new and hopefully more effective flu shots with the same technology.

During flu season, I write a lot of articles promoting the flu vaccine. Why? Because it is the best way to avoid getting the flu. 

I have had the flu for two weeks. Well, to be honest, I never did get the test to confirm that it was, indeed, the flu. But, I am ok self-diagnosing this one based on the high fever, aches, chills, headache, sore throat, and barking cough.