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Photo by Pixabay HaysMed After 25 impactful years, HaysMed is retiring its traditional drive-thru flu shot clinic and launching a more flexible, integrated approach to community health. Starting this fall, flu shots will be offered during its monthly blood screening events- providing a convenient, one-stop opportunity for preventive care. Why the Change? The decision to discontinue the drive-thru format comes …

By LUKE ANDREWS U.S. SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER Ahead of flu season, parents are being warned that healthy children could develop a life-threatening condition after being infected with the virus.  More than 6million children are infected with flu every year. Most recover without medical care, but among patients under five years old, between 6,000 and 25,000 are hospitalized annually while about 37 …

Facebook Tweet Email Link We all know that influenza is a common and serious viral infection, but it’s good to be reminded ahead of the upcoming flu season, which typically starts in October. There were an estimated 47 million to 82 million flu illnesses in the United States between October 2024 and May 2025, resulting in between 610,000 and 1.3 …

New Research Suggests An Alarming Relationship Between COVID, Flu And Breast Cancer  HuffPost Respiratory viruses awaken dormant breast cancer cells and raise relapse risk  News-Medical Respiratory viruses like flu, coronavirus may trigger cancer relapse: Study  Business Standard COVID, the flu and other viral infections can re-awaken dormant breast cancer cells, new study in mice shows  Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Source link

More children died from the flu this past season than any year outside of the swine flu pandemic in 2009. Most of them were unvaccinated. That’s why some doctors are hoping that the first nasal flu vaccine available for use at home can improve vaccination rates among people, especially children, who are afraid of needles. AstraZeneca’s FluMist Home, which was …

Instead of going to the pharmacy to get the annual flu vaccine, many people in the US will now be able to get it shipped to their door to take at home themselves. Starting today, AstraZeneca’s FluMist is available through an online pharmacy in 34 states. FluMist is not a new vaccine. It was originally approved by the Food and …

Facebook Tweet Email Link For the first time, many people in the United States who want to protect themselves against the flu this respiratory virus season can order a vaccine to give themselves at home. AstraZenca’s FluMist, the only nasal spray flu vaccine in the US that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, is now available …

For parents of school-aged children, the fall to-do list can seem ever-growing. Buy school supplies. Fill out endless school forms. Block off parent-teacher nights. Do the kids’ tennis shoes still fit? Somewhere, at some point, you might remember: flu shots. Get your flu shots. Get their flu shots. Or should you? Can you? Is that still a thing? Amid political …

Chinese Flu Shot Maker Soars in Hong Kong Trading Debut  Bloomberg.com Dark Pool Intelligence | The innovative vaccine company, Zhonghui Bio-B, closed the dark pool trading session with a 158.76% gain, resulting in a profit of HKD 4,096 per lot.  富途牛牛 Mainland flu shot maker soars nearly 170% in HKSAR trading debut  chinadailyasia.com AB&B BIO-TECH-B (02627.HK) Said to Be Priced at Lower Limit …

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