An article published in Eurosurveillance has demonstrated that Spain’s influenza vaccination campaign for children aged 6–59 months during the 2023/24 season was effective in preventing acute respiratory infections (ARI) and hospitalization, as vaccination was recommended for this age group at the national level for the first time. In the context of Child Health Day 2024, this research emphasizes that...
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Study: Children with severe form of epilepsy should receive flu vaccine due to high risk after influenza infection
by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children with a severe form of epilepsy should be vaccinated against the flu due to the high risk of seizures being triggered by an influenza infection, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, found...
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Memory killer T cells are primed in the spleen during influenza infection
by University of Alabama at Birmingham Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID CD8+ T cells—known as “killer” T cells—are the assassins of the immune system. Once they are primed, they seek out and destroy other cells that are infected...