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Actress Jennifer Garner joined the American Lung Association to officially launch this year’s Faces of Influenza campaign with a free public vaccination clinic and media event in New York City on November 12. American Lung Association President and CEO Bernadette Toomey and Chief Medical Officer, Norman Edelman, MD, also participated in the event, which kicked [...]

Tamiflu (oseltamivir) significantly reduces illness severity and duration in children one year and older, particularly if given within 24 hours of symptom onset, according to new data presented at the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease (WISPID) meeting in Bangkok 15-18 November. The antiviral Tamiflu was also shown to reduce the incidence of respiratory tract [...]

Fewer than half of health care workers get an annual flu shot, prompting a reminder from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control of the need for at-risk individuals to be vaccinated against influenza. “There is plenty of vaccine available this season, so there is no reason for anyone to [...]