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Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Safe for Children With Asthma Children with asthma and recurrent wheezing can safely receive the nasal spray influenza vaccine, a large study found.
Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2019
Previous Seasons' Flu Shots Protective, Less So for Elders Influenza vaccines given in previous seasons still provide some protection against infection, according to a new study.
Reuters Health Information, June 7, 2019
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Linked to ARDS
June 2019
Influenza Season Winds Down, but Not Done Yet, CDC Says
May 2019
Alert FDA Approves First Vaccine for Dengue, With Restrictions
May 2019
Influenza Season Now Longest in a Decade, CDC Reports
April 2019
Ebola Spread Concentrated in Congo, Not a Wider Emergency - WHO
April 2019
First Human Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine Underway
April 2019

Clinical Guidance

Influenza Vaccination Recommendations for 2018-2019 Flu Season
Here are the changes you'll need to know for this season's flu vaccine recommendations.

CDC Expert Commentary, October 16, 2018
New Flu Vaccine Recommendations From AAP
All children aged 6 months and older should receive an injectable influenza vaccine as soon as the vaccines become available, by the end of October, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy statement.

Medscape Medical News, September 03, 2018
CDC's ACIP Updates Flu Vaccine Advice for Upcoming Flu Season
The quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4; FluMist Quadrivalent) is now an option for appropriate individuals.

Medscape Medical News, August 24, 2018
Revisiting Influenza Vaccination Exemption
Should a patient who previously experienced neurologic adverse events after receiving influenza vaccine be exempted from further vaccination?

Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 28, 2018

Influenza Perspective

We Often Get CAP Wrong: Case Challenges The diagnostic and treatment complexities of community-acquired pneumonia are far from straightforward.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 13, 2019
Learning From Our Ancestors to Regain the American Lifespan The past few years have been marked by an alarming rise in 'deaths of despair.' According to Dr Bert Mandelbaum, sports physicians are uniquely equipped to address this problem.
Medscape Orthopedics, May 11, 2019

CDC Guidance for Swine Influenza Virus Infection
CDC Expert Commentary, May 9, 2019
Baloxavir for Kids? What We Know About New Flu Antiviral
Medscape Pediatrics, February 22, 2019
8 Ways to Compete Successfully With Retail Clinics
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 19, 2019
The Loneliness of Being a Physician
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 12, 2019

Journals

Personalizing Treatment to Patients With Prostate Cancer
Urologic Nursing, June 7, 2019
Needle Procedures: Let's Try to Do Better
Pediatric Nursing, June 3, 2019
Infectious Disease Communication Strategy Effectiveness
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2019
Discrimination Between Bacterial or Viral CAP in Children
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 29, 2019
Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Acute Rhinosinusitis
Annals of Family Medicine, May 17, 2019

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