Flu News Friday: The Latest in Influenza Vaccines

January 24, 2020

Surveillance Update: 140,000 Hospitalizations and 8,200 deaths including
54 pediatric deaths so far this season from influenza

1. The Coronavirus Should Be a Wake-up Call for Congress

Eric Levitz, New York Magazine / January 23, 2020

2. ‘Breakthrough’ flu vaccine pill could soon be here

Dr. Marc Siegel, New York Post / January 22, 2020

3. Efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of an oral influenza vaccine: a placebo-controlled and active-controlled phase 2 human challenge study

David Liebowitz MD et al. , The Lancet / January 21, 2020

3. Full Influenza vaccination of children cuts hospitalization in half

Nardy Baeza Bickel, University of Michigan News / January 22, 2020

4. Can Fitbit Data Provide Real-Time Flu Surveillance?

Michaela Fleming, Contagion Live / January 21st, 2020

5. Harnessing wearable device data to improve state-level real-time surveillance of influenza-like illness in the USA: a population-based study

Jennifer M Radin et al. , The Lancet / January 16th, 2020

6. As the World Faces One of the Worst Flu Outbreaks in Decades, Scientists Eye a Universal Vaccine

Andria Michaelson, Smithsonian Magazine / January 17th, 2020