Category: Science & Research
mRNA Technology Offers Hope for Flu Vaccine Advancements
August 5, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic made vaccines a daily topic in news, popular culture, and even conversations among friends. Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in particular was thrust in the spotlight as two COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, were authorized for emergency use by the FDA. mRNA vaccines are a new approach to vaccination, but […]
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Recent Study Outlines Pillars for Successful Vaccination Efforts
January 25, 2021 - A recent study published by Drugs in Context identifies 42 key factors, spread across five main pillars, for successful flu vaccination programs. The study analyzed the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada as countries that consistently have the highest influenza vaccine coverage rates (VCR). The goal of the study was to provide a roadmap […]
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Does the Flu Vaccine Work?
December 1, 2020 - We often hear that people do not get the flu vaccine because of they think it doesn’t work – they still got the flu! But did you know that flu vaccine effectiveness also looks at protection against hospitalization and even death? Flu vaccination benefits: a look at 2019-2020 Based on studies, preliminary flu vaccine effectiveness […]
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A Thanksgiving Reflection: Thank You to the Scientists and Researchers
November 23, 2020 - Families Fighting Flu Chief Operations Officer Serese Marotta reflects on the Thanksgiving season. Before I lost my sweet 5-year-old boy Joseph to the flu in 2009, I only knew enough about the virus to know that we should be vaccinated. Did I think the flu killed healthy children and adults? Absolutely not. I did not […]
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COVID-19 vs. Flu: How Do They Compare? Part 2
September 15, 2020 - In our last blog post about COVID-19 versus flu, we covered some of the major differences between these two viruses. With flu season around the corner, it’s important to understand how these two viruses can be similar and different. Prevention COVID-19 and influenza are both respiratory viruses that are passed through respiratory droplets from person-to-person. […]
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What Influenza Pandemics Can Teach Us About COVID-19
July 20, 2020 - To flu researchers and advocates, pandemics are nothing new; most past pandemics have been caused by flu viruses. In the past 100+ years there have been four flu pandemics: 1918, 1957-58, 1968, and 2009. Here, we will outline what we have learned from past flu pandemics, specifically the 1918 pandemic, that can be applied as […]
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Survey Results: The Intersection of COVID-19 and Flu
July 7, 2020 - Below is part 3 of this blog series featuring key insights on flu and COVID-19 from our recent national consumer survey. The number of people across the U.S. diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to rise as we get closer to the upcoming flu season, and Families Fighting Flu continues to sound the alarm about the importance […]
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Families Fighting Flu National Survey Results: Flu Vaccination Rates Lag as Myths Persist
June 30, 2020 - Below is part 2 of this blog series featuring key insights on flu and COVID-19 from our recent national consumer survey. During a media interview this past weekend, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that due to the power of the anti-vaccine movement, we have a lot of education to do when it comes to coronavirus vaccines. […]
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Families Fighting Flu National Survey Results: Implications for the Upcoming Flu Season
June 25, 2020 - Below is first in a series of blog posts featuring key insights on flu and COVID-19 from our recent national consumer survey. Every Spring, we are busy making plans for how to tackle the upcoming flu season—how to increase flu vaccination rates and prevent others from experiencing what our families went through. This year, we […]
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COVID-19 vs. Flu: How Do They Compare?
April 3, 2020 - The 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. has set records for flu-related hospitalizations and pediatric deaths, but now we’re also dealing with a pandemic of a new (novel) coronavirus, called COVID-19. While both are viruses, influenza (flu) and COVID-19 are very different in some respects. How are these viruses defined? COVID-19: Coronaviruses are a […]
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