Tag: flu
Flu Season May Not Have Peaked, and there’s Another Wave of Severe Infections Underway
Flu activity remains high across the nation, and there's a second wave of severe infections striking some states. There were as many as 26.3 million flu illnesses, 12.4 million medical visits and 347,000 flu hospitalizations... read more
Flu Has Sickened More Than 13 Million This Season
The CDC estimates that there have been 13.2 million to 15.2 million flu illnesses this season. The CDC estimates there have been 6.2 million to 7.2 million flu medical visits and 155,000 to 186,000 flu hospitalizations this... read more
Superbugs Pose a Dangerous, $65 Billion Threat to the US Health-Care System
A new report released Wednesday from the OECD estimates that antimicrobial resistant infection is on track to kill 30,000 Americans per year by 2050. The financial cost to the 33 developed countries included in the study... read more
Last Year, The Flu Put Him In A Coma. This Year He’s Getting The Shot
Charlie Hinderliter wasn't opposed to the flu shot. He didn't have a problem with vaccinations. He was one of about 53 percent of Americans who just don't get one. An estimated 80,000 Americans died of the flu, or flu-related... read more
Pandemics Cross Borders: How to Tackle Them From a Global Perspective
Steve A. Webb, MD, gives a plenary talk at the 47th Critical Care Congress, “Pandemics Cross Borders: How to Tackle Them From a Global Perspective.”... read more
All Things Flu
Dr. Christopher Carroll and Dr. Jayshil Patel discussing all things flu on Reddit. They provide the facts, share the latest in research and help provide more information on how to best tackle this flu season. We are in the... read more
Pressure on NHS Intensive Care at Highest Level Since 2010 Swine Flu Pandemic
Pressures in intensive care units are at their highest level since the 2010 swine flu pandemic,with wards regularly having no spare beds, senior doctors have warned. Figures reported by the NHS this winter show that two-thirds... read more
We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic
The influenza season is just getting started in the United States, and it already promises to be more severe than usual. Hospital emergency rooms are filling up with flu sufferers, and pharmacies have reported medicine shortages.... read more
The Flu Is Already Widespread in 36 States
Flu season has kicked off in full force, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting Friday that influenza is already widespread in 26 states across the U.S. The peak of the flu season typically comes... read more
Pharmacists Can Make a Difference During Influenza Pandemics
Since November 2015, approximately 25% of adults who receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination are immunized in pharmacies or retail health care settings. The growth in vaccine uptake at pharmacies has public health policy... read more
Influenza and Considerations Regarding Infectious Mimics
The patient with headache, myalgia, and URI symptoms may just have the common flu. It's all too common to see and treat multiple patients with influenza-like illness during the flu season. But what could you be missing?... read more
Scientist Invents Hand-Held Breath Monitor to Detect Flu
Dr. Perena Gouma, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal Sensors that describes her invention of a hand-held breath monitor designed to detect the flu virus. Gouma’s... read more
First ICU for Men Suffering from Cold
There's finally hope for the critically ill! The Münster University Hospital has set up an intensive care unit exclusively for the treatment of male patients suffering from coughs, colds, or even both. A specially trained... read more
Triple therapy for influenza with naproxen, clarithromycin, and oseltamavir?
Antiviral therapy for influenza is a sore subject. Oseltamavir was initially felt to be a silver bullet. Unfortunately, it turned out that its efficacy was overblown by publication bias. Discordance between guidelines, practice,... read more
Hemodialysis Patients who skipped influenza vaccine more likely to be hospitalized
Hemodialysis patients who skipped vaccination were 53% more likely to be hospitalized during the flu season the first year, 87% more likely to be hospitalized the second year, and 158% more likely to be hospitalized the third... read more
Few ICU Patients with Pneumonia Tested for Virus Infections
Researchers investigated the clinical practices of testing for respiratory virus infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and... read more
