Todas as faixas etárias apresentaram aumento de casos e hospitalizações, sobretudo crianças menores de 2 anos
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30 de maio de 2026 – O avanço dos casos graves de influenza no Brasil acende um alerta para a importância do diagnóstico, da vacinação e do uso precoce do antiviral oseltamivir, conhecido comercialmente como Tamiflu. […]
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A vacinação contra a gripe será ampliada em Vitória a partir deste sábado (30). A Secretaria de Saúde de Vitória (Semus) vai liberar a imunização contra a influenza para toda a população acima de seis meses de idade. Com a mudança, qualquer pessoa dentro da faixa etária poderá procurar as salas de vacinação do município […]
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One of the country’s most prominent public health leaders is openly mocking two of President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials, accusing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of replacing science with ideology and turning public health into a performance of quackery.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, chief medical officer at Callen-Lorde…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the mandate “overreaching” in announcing the policy change. The vaccine will remain available to service members who want to be inoculated.
A Utah listener recalls a story about her German-speaking mother-in-law referring to a childhood illness as the German disease. In English, the term most commonly referred to syphilis, a disease that different cultures blamed on their neighbors with remarkable consistency. The English dubbed it the French pox, the French referred to it with words that […]
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A closer look at vaccine strength revealed a surprising link to brain health. A routine visit to a public health office led to an unexpected scientific insight, one that may reshape how researchers think about preventing Alzheimer’s disease. A new study from UTHealth Houston reports that older adults who receive a higher dose of the [...]
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Infectologista Klinger Faico alerta para crescimento da influenza A no Brasil e orienta sobre medidas preventivas como uso de máscara para proteger grupos de risco
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A naturally produced peptide may quietly interfere with influenza viruses at one of their most critical steps, limiting infection before it begins. A team led by the Fisabio Foundation has discovered that dermcidin, a peptide the human body continuously produces, can do more than fight bacteria and fungi. It also shows antiviral activity against influenza. [...]
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A 30-year-old flu vaccine still fights some modern viruses—but leaves a critical weakness exposed. Researchers have uncovered new insights into how long flu vaccine protection can last by revisiting blood samples from people vaccinated in 1994. By examining these preserved samples, scientists found that the immune response triggered by that vaccine could still recognize and [...]
A vacinação contra a gripe começa neste sábado (28) em toda a Grande Vitória, com aplicação sem agendamento em diversos pontos e milhares de doses disponíveis já no primeiro dia. A mobilização marca o início da campanha contra a influenza em municípios como Vitória, Vila Velha, Cariacica e Serra, com foco em públicos mais vulneráveis. […]
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Mobilização nacional inicia campanha gratuita com foco em grupos vulneráveis e prevenção de casos graves
A Prefeitura de Osasco iniciou a campanha de vacinação contra a gripe e promove neste sábado (28) o “Dia D” para ampliar a imunização. As doses estão disponíveis nas UBSs, com prioridade para grupos vulneráveis, como idosos, crianças e gestantes. No sábado, as unidades funcionam em horário especial para facilitar o acesso da população.
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
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Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts. New research from UVA Health’s Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that severe cases of COVID-19 and influenza may create conditions in the lungs that make cancer more [...]
As the midterm elections approach, the health secretary is focusing on “real food.” Anger is rising among some of his supporters.
Moderna said it had held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.
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Deadly H5N1 bird flu has now claimed its first confirmed wildlife victims in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas. More than 50 skuas died in Antarctica during the summers of 2023 and 2024 after being infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1. Researchers say this is the first confirmed wildlife die-off linked to [...]
The F.D.A.’s refusal to examine the company’s mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency.
The vaccine maker said the U.S. regulator rejected its request to seek approval for a new product using mRNA technology, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sharply criticized.
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