influenza (flu) Archive — Page 3 of 9
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October 4, 2021
Neurologic complications of the flu
Neurologic complications are common in children hospitalized with influenza, especially those with chronic neurologic conditions, and are associated with worse outcomes. -
July 22, 2021
Influenza network sizes up COVID
Hospital data from a CDC network that monitors influenza revealed that adults hospitalized for COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic were 20x more likely to die compared to hospitalized influenza patients. -
November 11, 2020
Receiving flu vaccination crucial during pandemic
Flu season is in full swing and the most important step you can take to keep yourself, your family and community healthy this year is to get vaccinated. -
September 24, 2020
Questions, answers on flu season and COVID
Infectious diseases specialist Thomas Talbot, MD, MPH, chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, answers questions about the rapidly approaching U.S. flu season and how it might play into the COVID-19 pandemic. -
September 3, 2020
FLUla-2-Uza vaccination campaign kicks off Sept. 8
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s 2020 flu vaccination campaign, FLUla-2-Uza, will kick off on Tuesday, Sept. 8, and run through Tuesday, Dec. 1. -
August 18, 2020
Flu shots available beginning week of Sept. 7
This year’s effort by Vanderbilt University Medical Center to protect its people from influenza will be the most important in a century. With COVID-19 already prevalent, consuming precious health care resources, endangering lives, and so far, killing more than 170,000 Americans, this is not the year to shun getting a flu vaccine. -
August 10, 2020
Occupational Health invites you to name this year’s flu vaccine campaign
In 2011 Vanderbilt University Medical Center received worldwide attention for doubling the Guinness World Record for the number of flu shots given in an 8-hour period, making its annual flu vaccine event, Flulapalooza, a model for others to follow.