Feb 17 This year’s awful flu season may have just hit a plateau By Helen Branswell, STAT It’s too soon to say the flu season has peaked, but it’s at least possible it may have plateaued. Continue reading
Feb 15 Flu shot only 36 percent effective, making bad year worse By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the bug that's causing most illnesses. Continue reading
Feb 09 This flu season is now as bad as the 2009 swine flu By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press It's also surpassing every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 27, 2018 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 27, a deadly bombing in Afghanistan claims nearly 100 lives, and a look at the legal implications of the Larry Nassar case for U.S.A. Gymnastics. Also, asylum-seekers are fleeing the United States for Canada. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 5:22 What you need to know about this season’s brutal flu By PBS NewsHour This year's flu outbreak is the most widespread the Centers for Disease Control has ever seen. Doctor visits are climbing and pediatric deaths from the illness are up as well. What makes it so severe? Dr. Amber Robins of Georgetown… Continue watching
Jan 10 Defending against this season’s deadly flu: 5 things to know By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News Flu is widespread in 46 states, and at least 106 people had died from the infectious disease as of mid-December. Here's what you need to know about this year's flu. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 25:41 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode November 18, 2017 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 18, nearly 200 countries, not including the U.S., agree to move forward on climate change. Also, the quest to develop a universal and long-lasting flu vaccine, and a report shows that black residents of… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 10:23 Researchers chase a better fix for the seasonal flu By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman The flu and complications from it can kill as many 56,000 Americans every year while costing $10 billion in doctor visits, hospitalizations and medication. But since the strains change so quickly, its vaccine is only around 20 to 60 percent… Continue watching
Oct 01 The flu vaccine is set to get a makeover By Helen Branswell, STAT The World Health Organization recommended that flu vaccine manufacturers swap out a component based on one flu virus with an updated version. Continue reading
Sep 15 The ads say, ‘Get your flu shot today,’ but it may be wiser to wait By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News The start of flu season is still weeks — if not months — away. Yet marketing of the flu shot has become an almost year-round effort. Continue reading