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Should Flu Vaccine Be Mandatory for Medical Staff? Vaccination rates for clinicians and other staff have plateaued in recent years despite more organizations making them a requirement.
Medscape Reader Polls, December 12, 2018
Scientists to Test Tailor-Made Vaccine Tech to Fight Epidemics A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and rabies.
Reuters Health Information, December 11, 2018
Reusable Respirators Effectively Protect Healthcare Workers
December 2018
Almost Half of Americans to Skip Flu Shot This Year
December 2018
Influenza Activity in US Rises Slightly
December 2018
Protest Over Nurse Firing for Refusing Influenza Shot
December 2018
News Media Can Help Prevent Suicide
November 2018
Point-of-Care Flu Testing Reduces Additional Testing but Not Antibiotic Use
November 2018

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

The Year in Medicine 2018: News That Made a Difference Read the news that got the most attention this year in medicine, including the severe flu season, record high STD incidence, gun violence, and more.
Medscape News Slideshows, December 5, 2018
Baloxavir--The New, Single Oral-Dose Antiviral for Influenza It's the first new antiviral drug for influenza in almost two decades, but how does it differ from the antivirals we have now?
Medscape Internal Medicine, November 29, 2018

Medscape Ethics Report 2018: Money, Romance, and Patients
Medscape Features Slideshows, November 14, 2018
Do Children Have Vaccination Rights?
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 22, 2018
Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Outpatient Settings
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), October 19, 2018
Flu Vaccination Recommendations for 2018-2019 Flu Season
CDC Expert Commentary, October 16, 2018

HSV-1 qPCR for Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, December 3, 2018
The Pregnant Patient: Managing Common Acute Medical Problems
American Family Physician, November 30, 2018
Revisiting Influenza Vaccination Exemption
Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 28, 2018
Influenza Activity -- US and Worldwide, May 20-Oct 13, 2018
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, November 21, 2018
Influenza A(H3N2) Variant Virus Outbreak at Three Fairs
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, November 19, 2018