sábado, 22 de febrero de 2014

What's New

Situation Update: Summary of Weekly FluView

02/21/2014 2:30 PM EST

NEW: Q&A Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates for 2013-14 Season

02/21/2014 1:00 PM EST

UPDATED: Selecting Viruses for the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

02/21/2014 11:03 AM EST

FluView - Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report

02/21/2014 11:00 AM EST

Influenza-Associated Intensive-Care Unit Admissions and Deaths — California, September 29, 2013–January 18, 2014. MMWR 63(07);143-147

02/20/2014 03:55 PM EST

Update: Influenza Activity — United States, September 29, 2013-February 8, 2014. MMWR 63(07);148-154

02/20/2014 03:55 PM EST

Interim Estimates of 2013–14 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 2014. MMWR 63(07);137-142

02/20/2014 02:45 PM EST

Weekly Influenza Surveillance

Flu activity is still elevated and likely to continue for weeks in the United States. If you have not gotten your flu vaccine yet this season, you should get one now. This season’s vaccine protects against H1N1, the most common virus this season. And remember that flu antiviral drugs are a second line of defense to treat flu illness. People at high risk of serious flu illness should call a health care provider if they getflu symptoms.

See CDC clinician advisory for this season.

Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates for 2013-14 Season

CDC Reports Flu Hit Younger People Particularly Hard This Season

Vaccination lowered risk of having to go to the doctor by about 60 percent for people of all ages

February 20, 2014 — This influenza season was particularly hard on younger- and middle-age adults, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. People age 18-64 represented 61 percent of all hospitalizations from influenza—up from the previous three seasons when this age group represented only about 35 percent of all such hospitalizations. Influenza deaths followed the same pattern; more deaths than usual occurred in this younger age group.

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