and his team studied 335 people who were randomly assigned over two visits to receive a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and either a placebo flu shot or an actual flu shot. The visits were spaced one to two ...

Myth 1: Getting the flu vaccine increases your risk of getting the virus "The answer to that one is a pretty easy 'no'," said Dr. Richard Webby, member of the Department of Host-Microbe ...

The 25,000-subject study is testing a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA), quadrivalent vaccine that is targeted against four strains of the flu virus that the World Health Organization (WHO ...

The trial looked at the efficacy of mRNA-1083 in one group of adults 65 years and older who received Moderna’s jab or Sanofi’s high-dose flu vaccine Fluzone HD, co-administered with Moderna ...

Aug. 15, 2024 — A unique influenza vaccine candidate that's inhaled appears safe and could bolster protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza for people ... New Two-Step Flu Vaccine ...

While drugs like Paxlovid are accessible for treating Covid, antiviral treatments for influenza, like Tamiflu, are usually reserved for people who have tested positive for the flu and are at risk ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said ...

However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is hindered by its ... New mRNA Vaccine Created to Prevent and Treat C. Difficile Oct. 17, 2024 — A new vaccine provides hope for treating and ...

"With over 50 years of history and hundreds of millions of flu vaccines administered safely in the U.S., the flu shot remains a vital tool in our public health arsenal," said Harold Wimmer, President ...

The most common reason Canadians give for not getting a flu shot is because they don't think it's necessary - a sentiment Natalie Crown, associate professor, teaching stream, in the Leslie Dan Faculty ...