Flu Vaccine

Study participants’ immune responses to the newly approved pneumonia vaccine and an adjuvanted flu drug were the same, whether the drugs were given together or a month apart, the drugmaker reports. And...

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A dramatic racial and ethnic gap exists in influenza vaccination rates among short-stay and long-stay nursing homes residents, a new study has found.

Patients of female physicians are vaccinated at higher rates than those of male physicians across patient gender, race and ethnic categories, a large Medicare analysis reveals.

A post-vaccination study has found that high-dose and standard adjuvanted influenza vaccines are equally safe in older adults and have virtually the same short-term effects on quality of life.

Cash bonuses and vigorous education campaigns have been among the tools used by different types of long-term care operators to increase staff participation in getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to...

Facilities that offered residents the strengthened influenza vaccine Fluad experienced a 17% reduction in suspected and laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks, says Vince Mor, Ph.D.

As a possible flu season looms in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and lives of older adults living in long-term care facilities face a potential double threat, making flu vaccination more...

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A high-dose, trivalent influenza vaccine was no more effective at preventing heart- and lung-related death and hospitalization than a standard-dose quadrivalent vaccine, the researchers say.