Estimated impact of 2022–2023 influenza vaccines on annual hospital burden in the United States
Annual influenza epidemics in the United States cause hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations.
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Health preparedness: EU reference laboratories improve disease surveillance data
On the European Laboratory Day, held on 5 November, the European Commission marks one year of improved coordination on surveillance data thanks to the EU reference laboratories (EURLs).
Effectiveness of high-dose influenza vaccine against hospitalisations in older adults (FLUNITY-HD): an individual-level pooled analysis
Two large-scale trials comparing high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV) versus standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (SD-IIV) against hospitalisation outcomes have been conducted in Denmark and Spain.
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Toward a Council Recommendation on the value of immunisation against respiratory infections
The Steering Group on the Prevention of Respiratory Infections launched a new manifesto at the #EURespiDay event held at the European Parliament in Brussels
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The EU’s heartfelt pledge to reduce the impact of cardiovascular diseases
Read an interview with Marianne Takki, Head of Unit for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the European Commission
Incorporating COVID-19 Into the Broader Narrative on Respiratory Diseases. A Citizens' and Patients’ Perspective Towards the Development of An EU Respiratory Health Plan
As COVID-19 transitions from a pandemic to an endemic disease, its integration into the broader policy and healthcare framework for respiratory diseases becomes imperative.
Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement
With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness against Hospitalization in Older Adults
High-dose inactivated influenza vaccine has been shown to provide protection against influenza that is superior to that with the standard dose.
