Is there evidence that the HPV vaccine prevents cancer?
Infectious Diseases Reproductive Health Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes! New evidence released in 2020 showed a dramatically reduced risk of cervical cancer among people who took a quadrivalent HPV vaccine. Risk was *much* lower for those who took the vaccine before age 17. HPV vaccination is recommended at age 11 for all genders. Yes, for girls and boys too! Don’t pass this one …
January 20, 2023
Why have routine childhood vaccination rates been decreasing in the U.S.?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH
A: We don’t know for sure, but it’s probably due to decreased trust in vaccines as well as public health institutions during the pandemic and pandemic disruptions to routine healthcare. At the end of 2022, an outbreak of measles erupted in Ohio, with over 80 cases. Most who contracted measles were either completely unvaccinated or …
January 18, 2023
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 01-18-23
COVID Variants Infectious Diseases Masks Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Videos
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
January 12, 2023
¿Cuál es el periodo de contagio de la gripe/influenza?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
Las personas con gripe son más contagiosas entre el tercer y quinto día después de sentirse mal por primera vez 🤧. Esta es una infección un poco más retardada que la infección por COVID-19, que a menudo se propaga uno o dos días antes de los síntomas. La gripe se puede infectar a alguien un …
January 12, 2023
What’s going on with strep infections?
Infectious Diseases
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Yes! New evidence released in 2020 showed a dramatically reduced risk of cervical cancer among people who took a quadrivalent HPV vaccine. Risk was *much* lower for those who took the vaccine before age 17. HPV vaccination is recommended at age 11 for all genders. Yes, for girls and boys too! Don’t pass this one …
Why have routine childhood vaccination rates been decreasing in the U.S.?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH
A: We don’t know for sure, but it’s probably due to decreased trust in vaccines as well as public health institutions during the pandemic and pandemic disruptions to routine healthcare. At the end of 2022, an outbreak of measles erupted in Ohio, with over 80 cases. Most who contracted measles were either completely unvaccinated or …
January 18, 2023
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 01-18-23
COVID Variants Infectious Diseases Masks Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Videos
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
January 12, 2023
¿Cuál es el periodo de contagio de la gripe/influenza?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
Las personas con gripe son más contagiosas entre el tercer y quinto día después de sentirse mal por primera vez 🤧. Esta es una infección un poco más retardada que la infección por COVID-19, que a menudo se propaga uno o dos días antes de los síntomas. La gripe se puede infectar a alguien un …
January 12, 2023
What’s going on with strep infections?
Infectious Diseases
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
A: We don’t know for sure, but it’s probably due to decreased trust in vaccines as well as public health institutions during the pandemic and pandemic disruptions to routine healthcare. At the end of 2022, an outbreak of measles erupted in Ohio, with over 80 cases. Most who contracted measles were either completely unvaccinated or …
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 01-18-23
COVID Variants Infectious Diseases Masks Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Videos
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
January 12, 2023
¿Cuál es el periodo de contagio de la gripe/influenza?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
Las personas con gripe son más contagiosas entre el tercer y quinto día después de sentirse mal por primera vez 🤧. Esta es una infección un poco más retardada que la infección por COVID-19, que a menudo se propaga uno o dos días antes de los síntomas. La gripe se puede infectar a alguien un …
January 12, 2023
What’s going on with strep infections?
Infectious Diseases
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
¿Cuál es el periodo de contagio de la gripe/influenza?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
Las personas con gripe son más contagiosas entre el tercer y quinto día después de sentirse mal por primera vez 🤧. Esta es una infección un poco más retardada que la infección por COVID-19, que a menudo se propaga uno o dos días antes de los síntomas. La gripe se puede infectar a alguien un …
January 12, 2023
What’s going on with strep infections?
Infectious Diseases
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Las personas con gripe son más contagiosas entre el tercer y quinto día después de sentirse mal por primera vez 🤧. Esta es una infección un poco más retardada que la infección por COVID-19, que a menudo se propaga uno o dos días antes de los síntomas. La gripe se puede infectar a alguien un …
What’s going on with strep infections?
Infectious Diseases
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
TL;DR: Group A streptococcus is a bacteria that can cause infections of the throat and skin. In rare cases, it can lead to serious and invasive diseases like necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and other severe infections. Though still rare, the WHO Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the US …
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
December 27, 2022
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen …
¿Debería vacunarme contra la influenza si ya la tuve durante esta temporada?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
December 19, 2022
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
¡Sí! La vacuna contra la influenza protege ante CUATRO cepas. Y por otra parte ¡no querrá volver a contagiarse! TL;DR: Es difícil saber con qué cepa se infectó o cuál será la dominante en los próximos meses. Vacúnese si ya ha tenido influenza o incluso si ha sospechado tenerla. La vacuna actual es “tetravalente”, lo …
What is the contagious period for the flu?
Infectious Diseases Uncategorized
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
December 6, 2022
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
People with flu are most contagious in the three to five days after they first feel sick. This is a bit later than COVID-19, which often spreads a day or two before symptoms. You might infect someone as early as a day before or as late as a week after becoming sick, but this is …
Should I get a flu shot if I already had the flu this season?
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
December 5, 2022
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
A: Yes. The flu shot covers FOUR strains – you don’t want to catch it again! TL;DR: It’s hard to know which flu strain you got or which one will be dominant in the next few months. Go ahead and get that shot even if you had confirmed or suspected influenza. The current flu vaccine …
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …