Children younger than 10 likely will be the most susceptible if a variant of the influenza A (H3N2) virus -- dubbed A (H3N2)v -- develops the ability to transmit easily among humans, researchers found.
Among healthcare workers employed in hospitals, the strongest predictor of receiving the seasonal influenza vaccine was a belief in the importance of flu prevention, a meta-analysis showed.
Rapid influenza tests appear to be good at homing in on an influenza diagnosis, although a negative result does not accurately rule out the flu, a meta-analysis showed.
Since the middle of August, the CDC has received 12 reports of human infections with a swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) virus, the agency announced.
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