FLU UPDATE: Oregon has reported its first child death as the flu season continues to get worse.
Editor's note: This story was most recently updated Dec. 24, 2019 with new flu statistics and outbreaks.
The CDC's Scott Epperson, MD, said that this year's vaccine looks like it will be a good match and offer protection against the H1N1 and H3N2 strains that are circulating. These components have been updated from last year's vaccine to better match the strains being seen.Even when the vaccine is a good match, the way it is produced may limit how well it works.
The nasal spray vaccine, FluMist, is once again being recommended by the CDC for adults and children. In recent flu seasons, the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics had recommended flu shots only for kids because of questions about well the spray worked. But the manufacturer appears to have improved the spray, so the CDC andAlthough it didn’t work well against H1N1 viruses, it did against some B viruses and H3N2 viruses.
an initial $8 million grant to develop a flu vaccine that would cover multiple strains in a single dose. The university is working with 14 other universities on the project . Ted Ross, PhD, director of the university’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology, said they may be able to start testing a vaccine on people sometime next year. Ross said the goal is to help people most vulnerable to flu. Other researchers have been working on a universal flu shot, as well.
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