“Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.

By another measure – visits to the doctor for fever plus a cough or sore throat, which are common flu symptoms – the US is at its highest level of respiratory illness since at least the 1997-98 flu season..."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/flu-highest-level-25-years

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“Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.

By another measure – visits to the doctor for fever plus a cough or sore throat, which are common flu symptoms – the US is at its highest level of respiratory illness since at least the 1997-98 flu season..."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/flu-highest-level-25-years

#PublicHealth #flu #influenza #vaccines #immunizations #MaskUp #prevention

“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.

Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."

https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/

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“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.

Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."

https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/

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“'We estimate that over a seven-year follow-up period, the shingles vaccine averts one in five new dementia diagnoses,' says Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University and senior author of the study.

The findings were replicated in a similar study in JAMA this year, looking at seniors in Australia when the government rolled out a similar shingles-vaccine program."

🎁🔗: https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-unexpected-ways-vaccines-could-boost-your-health-00eb3158?st=NYXDc3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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“'We estimate that over a seven-year follow-up period, the shingles vaccine averts one in five new dementia diagnoses,' says Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University and senior author of the study.

The findings were replicated in a similar study in JAMA this year, looking at seniors in Australia when the government rolled out a similar shingles-vaccine program."

🎁🔗: https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-unexpected-ways-vaccines-could-boost-your-health-00eb3158?st=NYXDc3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

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"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #mRNA #mortality