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The number of flu cases in Massachusetts is at its highest percentage in years, according to the Department of Public Health, and they're urging everyone to get vaccinated.
With officials expecting a higher flu season this year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is urging residents to get their flu shot before the flu season reaches its peak.
The flu vaccine, for everyone ages 6 months and older, is crucial, Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a medical epidemiologist in CDC’s Influenza Division, previously told USA TODAY.
Schroeder said most patients she’s treating did not get a flu shot. The vaccine doesn’t guarantee you won’t get sick. It prevents 40-60% of cases, depending on the year and the strain of flu.
Moderna Inc. said Monday its experimental flu shot showed positive results in a late-stage trial.   In a Phase 3 study, the ...
Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...
Moderna Inc. says new data show its seasonal flu vaccine is 26.6% more effective than a licensed standard-dose seasonal flu ...
A mrita Sidhu finally got her flu shot, but only at the urging of her daughter who is in the medical profession and seeing a spike in severe cases of the flu in Massachusetts. "I feel quite ...
RNA-1010 demonstrated superior relative vaccine efficacy that was 26.6% (95% CI; 16.7%, 35.4%) higher than a licensed ...
Data: CDC; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized while straining physicians' offices and emergency departments.
The phase three study data clears the path forward for Moderna’s combination jab targeting Covid-19 and influenza.
A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that Americans receive influenza vaccines that are free of thimerosal even though there ...