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 ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...

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 ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas — With the flu causing school closures in recent weeks, healthcare providers have had to react to an uptick in cases. On Wednesday, Shannon Medical Center will open a flu, strep and ...

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

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 ...