Category: Influenza vaccine

Influenza Vaccine Fails to Stop Hospitalization and Death

May 20, 2023
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Influenza vaccination has become a mainstay in American medicine largely as a measure to protect the elderly. However, in recent decades, the FluShot has been pushed on health care workers, and the general adult public, and starting in 2017 the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] ACIP [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] panel stated:…

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CDC Updates Flu Vax Efficacy: Negligible Immunity Increases to Moderate 35 Percent Efficacy

July 5, 2022
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Estimation of the influenza vaccine’s efficacy has increased from negligible to moderate, improving to 35 percent in vaccine efficacy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 22. The CDC announcement backtracked on its previous interim estimates in March for 2021 to 2022 seasonal influenza found that the vaccine did not offer…

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Australia Approves First Cell-Based Flu Vaccines For Kids Aged Two and Older

March 8, 2022
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The first cell-based Influenza vaccine in Australia has been approved for use in adults and children aged two years and older. In a statement written to the Epoch Times, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) wrote that the Flucelvax Quad vaccine is the first and only cell-based flu vaccine available in Australia and approved for Australians…

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San Diego County Flu Cases Increase, But Below Five-Year Average

December 22, 2021
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SAN DIEGO—The number of San Diegans testing positive for influenza increased by 34 percent over the previous week, but cumulative case numbers are still fewer than the five-year average, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported Dec. 22. For the week ending Saturday, a total of 191 lab-confirmed flu cases were reported in the region, compared…

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House Approved Bill Expanding Veteran Access To Vaccines

November 16, 2021
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The House passed a new bill on Nov. 15 that would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to supply COVID-19 and flu vaccines for veterans, their spouses, and caregivers (pdf). If passed, the new bill will allow individuals not currently enrolled under the VA healthcare system to receive the vaccines through Apr. 29, 2022. Rep….

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