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2. Spanish flu - Wikipedia

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   In June 2010, a team at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine reported the 2009 flu pandemic vaccine provided some cross-protection against the Spanish flu pandemic strain. [ 369 ] One of the few things known for certain about influenza in 1918 and for some years after was that it was, except in the laboratory, exclusively a disease of human beings.

3. 10 Facts About Vaccines That Will Blow Your Mind - AOL

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   Jump ahead another 120 years or so to 1918 when the first flu shot was administered to the U.S. military in an attempt to thwart the Spanish Flu; vaccines that followed include those to combat ...

4. Diet and metabolic health may influence flu vaccine effectiveness

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   After exposure to the flu virus, the formerly obese mice had a 100% survival rate. The results suggest that specific dietary changes and weight loss may help improve the flu vaccine’s effectiveness.

5. Influenza vaccine - Wikipedia

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   During the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, "Pharmacists tried everything they knew, everything they had ever heard of, from the ancient art of bleeding patients, to administering oxygen, to developing new vaccines and serums (chiefly against what we call Hemophilus influenzae – a name derived from the fact that it was originally considered the etiological agent – and several types ...

6. Vaccination policy - Wikipedia

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   The plan, which is set from 2011 to 2020, is intended to "strengthen routine immunization to meet vaccination coverage targets; accelerate control of vaccine-preventable diseases with polio eradication as the first milestone; introduce new and improved vaccines and spur research and development for the next generation of vaccines and technologies."

7. Influenza A vs. Influenza B: Which Flu Virus Is Worse? - AOL

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   That is exactly what happened with the 2009 H1N1 swine flu and the Spanish flu of 1918 pandemics. Influenza A subtypes Influenza A (but not B) also has subtypes labeled H and N.

8. Breakthrough infection - Wikipedia

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   Indeed, vaccines, including the influenza vaccine, Tdap, and pneumococcal vaccines, are less effective in adults over the age of 65. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Nevertheless, the CDC recommends that elderly adults get the flu vaccine because influenza infection is particularly dangerous in this population and vaccine provides at least a moderate level of ...

9. Your winter illness guide: Why norovirus and RSV are on the ...

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   Anyone of age 6 months and up is eligible for an updated COVID-19 vaccine, which, like the flu shot, is reformulated each year to better match circulating variants. Experts say that groups such as ...