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🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦

We didn’t just learn how to beat the #flu annually, we eliminated one of the 2 major lineages of Influenza B. No one has seen a positive B/Yamagata test in 5 years.

It is comprehensible that we could wipe out human flu entirely if we had widespread masking and vaccination for long enough. Maybe 3 years. We'd likely also do quite a job on RSV and other airborne viruses. med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/11

Chart: Positive flu tests With some help from masks, social distancing and fewer crowded gatherings, we beat the flu — but just for a season. Source: C.D.C. Four-week rolling average of positivity rates from approximately 300 clinical laboratories across the U.S.
Med-MastodonDr. Lucky Tran :verified: (@luckytran@med-mastodon.com)Attached: 1 image At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

#Trump and #RFKJr yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign 😡

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stopping a successful flu vaccination campaign that juxtaposed images of wild animals, such as a lion, with cute counterparts, like a kitten, as an analogy for how immunization can help tame the flu.

Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat
The news was shared with staff during a meeting on Wednesday, according to two CDC staffers who spoke with NPR on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, and a recording reviewed by NPR.

#CDC #vaccines #flu #publichealth
npr.org/sections/shots-health-

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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

The CDC's RESP-NET showed me you can compare the impact of different viruses by calculating hospitalizations per lakh per day. It seems to have so far escaped the predations of Musk and Kennedy, so I've been reluctant to draw too much attention to it!

These screenshots show that 2024-25 has been almost as bad as the previous two years, but this year the #flu has caused most of the hospitalizations, more than twice as many as #COVID and #RSV combined!

cdc.gov/resp-net/dashboard/

Line graph from RESP-NET showing cumulative hospitalization rates for four flu seasons. 2018-19 peaked in early march at 6.2 people hospitalized per lakh population per day. 2022-23 peaked in mid-November at 22.3. 2023-24 peaked in mid-December at 21. 2024-25 has peaked twice, in early January at 18.3 and in early February at 19.4, and preliminary data shows it dropping after that.
CDC RESP-NET screenshot showing weekly hospitalization rates for 2024-25, broken down by virus. We see that COVID hospitalizations peaked the first week in January at 4.2 per lakh per day, and RSV hospitalizations peaked the same week at 3.8. Most of the hospitalizations in this season have been for flu, with a peak of 10.3 the first week in January and another peak of 13.6 the week ending February 1.
Screenshot of contagion.grieve-smith.com based on RESP-NET data: COVID, flu and RSV hospitalizations 7-day average per lakh in the US Feb 8: Influenza 13.4 2/8/2025 2/22/2025 Combined 18.9 9.6 COVID 2.7 1.5 Flu 13.4 6.3 RSV 2.8 1.8 Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (data)
#CovidIsNotOver
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Calishat

#covid #flu #influenza #vaccines #PublicHealth

'Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains.

In a study published Jan. 29 in Science Advances, researchers found no visible signs of illness in mouse models after vaccination with the new platform and no cellular damage to tissues.'

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/

syringe and vaccine
Cornell ChronicleCOVID-flu vaccine could provide broad, lasting protection | Cornell ChronicleThe new platform, which provided 100% protection from influenza and COVID-19 in mouse models, could vastly improve vaccine administration and the efficacy of the current flu vaccine.
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"The Food and Drug Administration was allowed to participate in the World Health Organization's meeting this week on updating influenza shots, officials for the U.N. agency said, despite an order by President Trump last month banning government employees from working with the WHO. The administration has granted some exemptions to the order."

cbsnews.com/news/fda-who-flu-s

www.cbsnews.comFDA allowed to help WHO update flu shots, despite Trump banA World Health Organization official said the FDA "participated as in the past" in the process.
#PublicHealth#flu#influenza
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Cosmic Librarian

CDC: 13% of kids who died from flu this year had brain damage

Today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that 13% of children who have died from seasonal flu this season had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE), a severe neurologic complication.

#flu #CDC #encephalopathy

cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-gener

CIDRAPCDC: 13% of kids who died from flu this year had brain damage
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Cosmic Librarian

The Coming Trump Pandemic

The FDA expert panel on vaccines, barred from meeting by RFK Jr., needs to continue operating as part of a necessary government-in-exile.

I used to work with vaccines...This does not bode well...And like most everyone that got approved in the current cabinet, RFK, Jr. lied.

#vaccines #flu #FDA #CDC
prospect.org/blogs-and-newslet

The American Prospect · The Coming Trump PandemicThe FDA expert panel on vaccines, barred from meeting by RFK Jr., needs to continue operating as part of a necessary government-in-exile.
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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

Due to incomplete data, it turns out the #RSV case count in #NYC was NOT below 1,000 in the week ending February 15. But it's again reported below 1,000 for the week ending February 22.

Cases of #RSVirus and the #flu are clearly trending down. Let's hope they keep dropping, and don't get revised up too far!

In combination with the drop in COVID cases, this suggests that overall March will be safer from respiratory infections. It's stil a good idea to #WearAMask in crowded spaces !

Influenza positive test results in NYC Highlights for week ending February 22, 2025 (Week 8) 11,106 specimens were positive for influenza, a 29% decrease from the previous week; 62% were positive for influenza 903 specimens were positive for RSV, a 17% decrease from the previous week. Influenza-like illness visits were at 9% of all weekly visits. There was one influenza-associated pediatric death reported this week. Season to date, a total of seven influenza- There were three influenza outbreaks reported from long-term care facilities this week. Season to date, a total of 112 Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) RSV positive test results in NYC Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Outpatient influenza-like illness visits in NYC by season The percentage for 2024-2025 continues to drop, and is around 9% for the week ending February 22, 2025.
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Tony Meredith

Normal science. Normal international collaboration. Today, recommendations from WHO on 2025-26 flu vaccines for the northern hemisphere.
And I'm reading the US news too about defunding science, banning contact with WHO, and cancelling expert advice on flu vaccines.
#flu
who.int/news/item/28-02-2025-r

www.who.intRecommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025-2026 northern hemisphere influenza seasonThe World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The announcement was made at an information session at the end of a 4-day meeting on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines, a meeting that is held twice annually. WHO organizes these consultations with an advisory group of experts gathered from WHO Collaborating Centres and WHO Essential Regulatory Laboratories to analyse influenza virus surveillance data generated by the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). The recommendations issued are used by the national vaccine regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies to develop, produce, and license influenza vaccines for the following influenza season. The periodic update of viruses contained in influenza vaccines is necessary for the vaccines to be effective due to the constant evolving nature of influenza viruses, including those circulating and infecting humans.The WHO recommends that trivalent vaccines for use in the 2025-2026 northern hemisphere influenza season contain the following: Egg-based vaccinesan A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;an A/Croatia/10136RV/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; anda B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.Cell culture-, recombinant protein- or nucleic acid-based vaccinesan A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;an A/District of Columbia/27/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; anda B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus. The recommendation for the B/Yamagata lineage component of quadrivalent influenza vaccines remains unchanged from previous recommendations:a B/Phuket/3073/2013 (B/Yamagata lineage)-like virus. 
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