Flu
5 myths about the flu vaccine that it is time to shatter once and for all
Flu can cause complications in the heart and the nervous system. Dr. Shelly Lipman from Hillel Yaffe Medical Center dispels 5 myths about infection, vaccine safety, and its effectiveness.
Health funds launch flu vaccination campaigns as supplies gradually reach clinics
After mass seabird death event, Australia warns of wider H5N1 bird flu threat
FDA approves world's first mRNA-based flu vaccine, signaling start of a new illness-prevention era
100,000 flu vaccines to arrive in Israel to combat shortage
A pharmaceutical company in the UK will send 100,000 flu vaccines to Ichilov, targeting populations in the 2-49 age range, as they have not yet received them due to shortage.
No link between flu shot, boy's death after 25 recipients die - S. Korea
Health authorities have refused to suspend the preventative campaign on Thursday, citing a lack of evidence to suggest direct links between the deaths and the vaccines.
Edelstein: By end of 2020, 4.2 million Israelis could receive flu vaccine
Health experts to begin discussing protocol for administering flu vaccine.
Two more cases of bird flu in Israel, ministry points to migrating birds
The first case was diagnosed at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem in a swan, while the second case was discovered in chickens in a coop in Kibbutz Revadim.
Flu vaccines expected to arrive in Israel late this year
"The best policy would be to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”
Facebook, Twitter oppose misleading Trump comparison of COVID-19 to flu
"We remove incorrect information about the severity of COVID-19."
1 in 3 Americans won't vaccinate their children against the flu
What is even more worrying is that two-thirds of parents don’t thing that getting their kids vaccinated against the flu is more pressing this year.
Hebrew U. research finds flu outbreak pattern during the winter
What they found was that weather prediction models were more effective in predicting flu outbreaks than singular variables such as temperature or rain.
Flu vaccine with 24% more efficacy coming to Israel this winter
Between 70% and 80% of seasonal flu-related deaths have occurred in people 65 years and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions.
Shaare Zedek ICU to be upgraded prior to influx of flu and coronavirus
"Our health system is working to be best prepared for the winter, with the goal of being ready to confront the coronavirus and the seasonal flu at the same time."
