Flu Vaccines
Scientists at Drexel University target flu vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 24th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Influenza vaccination and risk of mortality among adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Influenza vaccination has been shown to reduce illness and all-cause mortality in vulnerable populations through the prevention of influenza infection. Attenuation of the severity of illness by vaccination has been reported for respiratory tract infections due to bacterial pathogens and would represent an important additional health benefit of influenza vaccination," scientists in the United States report.
"We evaluated the impact of prior influenza vaccination on in-hospital mortality and other health outcomes among...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-01-24)
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