Flu News Friday: The Latest in Influenza Vaccines

January 17, 2020

Surveillance Update: 120,000 hospitalizations and 6,600 deaths including
39 pediatric deaths so far this season from influenza.

1. Influenza B/Victoria Strain Predominating 2019–20 US Flu Season Thus Far

Michaela Fleming, Contagion Live / JAN 13, 2020

2. This flu season is especially bad. Researchers may have developed a universal vaccine.

Derek Beres, Big Think / January 13, 2020

3. Codagenix raises $20 million for a new flu vaccine and other therapies

Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch / January 13, 2020

4. What is type B flu virus? Symptoms of influenza strain spreading across U.S.

Rosie McCall, Newsweek / January 13, 2020

5. There’s a mismatch in the flu shot — and it’s not good news for children

Elizabeth Cohen, CNN / January 14, 2020

6. The “cancer flu shot”?

Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Science Translational Medicine / January 15, 2020

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