PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Flu vaccine rates among Oregon health care workers have plummeted over the last five respiratory virus seasons, raising the risk of infection for patients, the Oregon Health ...

In 2009, the National Patient Safety Foundation issued a position statement in support of mandatory influenza vaccinations for healthcare workers. Now, NPSF has reissued that statement to emphasize ...

“Right now, we are seeing an increase on the colds, the sinus infections, the strep throat. The flu (cases) are starting to come up. We haven’t hit that peak yet. That’ll be, usually mid-October when ...

ALBANY – After an active January that saw more than 150 patients hospitalized in Albany for treatment of influenza-related complications, February numbers dropped by two-thirds. The 2024-2025 season ...

“We are confident that overall vaccination numbers are higher than this suggests,” said Ann Fuller, spokesperson for ...

The rate of healthcare professionals receiving the influenza vaccination has been on the rise over the past four years, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey. In 2013-14, 75 ...

An unnamed illness with flu-like symptoms is on the rise in Mobile. Healthcare professionals believe it’s common this time of ...

States believe they are better prepared than 2019, but still face challenges. As the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to fade in the rearview mirror, public health departments are already ...

Among UK healthcare workers, seasonal flu vaccination substantially lowered the risk for infection during the winter of 2023-2024, and vaccinated staff recorded fewer positive influenza tests than ...

Which vaccines are most important for health care workers to get?In this Healio video perspective, Jamie Loehr, MD, a family practice physician at Cayuga Family Medicine in Ithaca, New York, explains ...