Healthcare Providers Can Still Buy Flu Vaccine for Busy Flu Season
Every flu season is unique. Different strains circulate each year, and consumer demand changes as well. This year, even flu vaccination guidelines have changed; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging all people 6 months and older to schedule an annual flu shot. And since flu season can stretch well into early spring, now is still a good time to plan flu clinics and buy flu vaccine. This year’s seasonal flu vaccine offers protection against the H1N1 pandemic strain, giving consumers further motivation for compliance. There is also a new high-dose flu vaccine for those who are age 65 and older. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people 65 and older account for about 90 percent of the deaths from flu-related causes each year. This new high-dose flu vaccine will help protect this vulnerable group, and ultimately save lives. Healthcare providers are encouraged to buy the new high dose flu vaccine for seniors. In 2006, FFF Enterprises, the nation’s largest and most trusted influenza vaccine distributor, launched an innovative program-MyFluVaccine (www.MyFluVaccine.com) – to make it easier for healthcare providers to buy the flu vaccine they need. With MyFluVaccine, customers can choose from a broad [...]
Indiana health officials: flu season over, for now
H1N1 hasn’t gone away A year ago a new virus burst upon the scene and quickly reached pandemic proportions. Almost as quickly, Kansas had its first case of what was initially called swine flu, when a Dickinson County man who had visited Mexico fell ill. Read more on The Pratt Tribune Indiana health officials: flu season over, for now INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State health officials have declared Indiana’s flu season officially over following swine flu outbreaks that killed 39 Indiana residents. While the flu season is over for now, State Health Commissioner Dr. Gregory Larkin says Hoosiers should still get vaccinated because the H1N1 flu virus hasn’t caused a third-wave illness yet and it could still rebound. Since June 2009 … Read more on WHAS TV11 Louisville
The Flu Season That Wasn’t
Tamiflu Resistant Strain of Swine Flu ATLANTA (AP) – Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that’s resistant to the drug Tamiflu. It’s the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S. Health officials said Friday. Read more on WDIO Duluth The Flu Season That Wasn’t Gallup and Healthways’ estimate of daily flu incidence in April 2010 was lower than the comparable number from April 2009. That marked the sixth consecutive month in which self-reports of flu and cold cases have been below the prior year’s levels. Read more on Gallup
Swine flu season not over, U.S. health officials warn
H1N1 flu resurfaces in the Southeast Officials investigate the trend in Georgia and warn that swine flu is still a threat. Read more on USA Today Swine flu season not over, U.S. health officials warn While swine flu has waned across much of the United States, the southeast is reporting an increase in cases of the H1N1 virus, U.S. health officials said on Monday. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
It’s Flu Season Somewhere – Here’s The Scoop
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a respiratory illness caused by viruses. There are many different types of flu, from swine flu to the most feared avian flu. This article, however, deals only with the so-called common or seasonal flu. The flu season usually starts in the fall and subsides in late spring. Because of its seasonality, the flu season differs between the Northern and the Southern hemisphere. On the global scale, flu can affect tens of millions of people and cause 250,000 to 500,000 deaths each year. The United States CDC gives the following statistics. Yearly 5 to 20% of the population get the flu, 200,000 cases are hospitalized due to severe flu complications and 36,000 cases prove to be fatal. Annual healthcare costs approaches US$10 billion THE FLU is caused by types A, B and C. Each type consists of different subtypes and substrains with A and B being responsible for most epidemics. (1) Influenza A viruses are of subtypes based on two proteins on the surface of the virus: the hemagglutinin (H) and the neuraminidase (N). The current subtypes of influenza A viruses in humans are A (H1N1) and A (H3N2). (2) Influenza B viruses [...]