ALLMedicine™ Influenza Center

May 15th, 2022 - In November 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) created interim guidance on how to integrate testing for SARS-CoV-2 into existing influenza surveillance systems. Influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) case d...

May 14th, 2022 - Narcolepsy with cataplexy or narcolepsy type 1 is a disabling chronic sleep disorder resulting from the destruction of orexinergic neurons in the hypothalamus. The tight association of narcolepsy with HLA-DQB1*06:02 strongly suggest an autoimmune ...

May 14th, 2022 - The association between upper respiratory tract microbial positivity and illness prognosis in children is unclear. This impedes clinical decision-making and means the utility of upper respiratory tract microbial point-of-care tests remains unknown...

May 14th, 2022 - The severity of viral infections can vary widely, from asymptomatic cases to complications leading to hospitalizations and death. Milder cases, despite being more prevalent, often go undocumented, and their public health burden is not accurately e...

May 14th, 2022 - Medical workers are a group that is particularly vulnerable to infection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study aimed to assess the risk of COVID-19 infection and its course in the medical staff of a COVID-only and a no...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - Many infectious diseases, including COVID-19, are transmitted by airborne pathogens. There is a need for effective environmental control measures which, ideally, are not reliant on human behaviour. One potential solution is Krypton Chloride (KrCl)...

Sep 9th, 2021 - This technical report accompanies the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the routine use of the influenza vaccine and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children during the 2021-2022 season...

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Sep 4th, 2019 - This statement updates the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the routine use of influenza vaccines and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children during the 2019-2020 season. The American...

Aug 24th, 2019 - This report updates the 2018-19 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of seasonal influenza vaccines in the United States (MMWR Recomm Rep 2018;67[No. RR-3]). Routine annual influenza vaccinat...

May 13th, 2022 - The purpose of this study will be to generate the data required to thoroughly validate the ability of plague LFI assay (Lateral Flow Immunoassay) to accurately diagnose human infections with Y. pestis. These validation data will eventually be pres...

May 13th, 2022 - Seasonal influenza is a major health problem whose impact is typically reduced by vaccination. The H1N1 (swine flu) influenza virus is an emerging pathogen which has the potential to cause devastating morbidity and mortality in the coming months. ...

May 13th, 2022 - The biochemical perturbations in children with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) may affect their immune response. As a result, this will not only increase risk for infection but also hamper their ability to develop protective immunity after vacci...

May 13th, 2022 - This is a Phase I, open-label, dose escalation study to evaluate the dose, safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the mosaic quadrivalent influenza vaccine VRC-FLUMOS0111-00-VP (FluMos-v1). The hypotheses are that the FluMos-v1 vaccine is saf...

May 13th, 2022 - The high morbidity and mortality associated with both pandemic and seasonal influenza and the anticipation for future influenza pandemics puts influenza front and center in infectious disease research. Because the natural history and pathogenesis ...

May 13th, 2022 - Each week, we identify one top search term, speculate about what caused its popularity, and provide an infographic on a related condition. If you have thoughts about what's trending and why, share them with us on Twitter or Facebook.  From the fir...

May 11th, 2022 - The percentage of low-income pregnant mothers who received influenza and Tdap vaccinations fell sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Black and Hispanic patients, a new study finds. The percentage of patients who received the influen...

May 6th, 2022 - Having had a recent acute febrile illness was associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke, whereas having received an influenza vaccination was associated with a reduced risk for stroke in a large new case–control study. "While influenza...

May 3rd, 2022 - CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) - Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown. Egg-laying hens that normally have access to the outdoors can no longer roam as freely or feel the sun on their beaks as some U.S. and European farmers tempo...

May 2nd, 2022 - A man who worked on a commercial poultry farm in Colorado has tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) virus, better known as H5 bird flu, the CDC said Thursday. This is the first case of H5 bird flu in humans in the United States and only the se...