by ivaccinate | Oct 6, 2017 | Michigan News, National News, Studies & Research
We are seeing flu cases already in metro Detroit and predictions about this year’s flu season are dire because of what’s happening in the southern hemisphere, Australia, specifically, has been hit hard with the flu. Will it travel here? No one is certain,...
by ivaccinate | Oct 6, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
(WXYZ) – Flu vaccines are considered safe. They’ve been given to hundreds of millions of people over 50 years here in the US. Serious allergic reactions are very rare, less than 1 out of a million doses. It’s important to get a flu shot annually because viruses...
by ivaccinate | Sep 28, 2017 | Michigan News, National News, Studies & Research
Correction: This story has been updated to indicate that Patricia A. Stinchfield said 105 U.S. children died of influenza last year. Federal health officials Thursday urged Americans to get vaccinated before flu season starts in October, and released data showing...
by ivaccinate | Jul 3, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Kent County Health Department is urging parents and guardians to make sure their summer plans include making an appointment to get their children immunized so they can return to school. Michigan law bars students who do not have an...
by ivaccinate | Jun 18, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
More than 60 years ago at the University of Michigan, Dr. Jonas Salk unveiled the first effective vaccine to combat polio. Three years prior to the announcement, polio had afflicted 58,000 individuals. Infections plummeted with the availability and administration of...
by ivaccinate | Jun 5, 2017 | National News, Studies & Research
OWA CITY, Iowa (KWQC) – The University of Iowa is one of three sites in the United States that will be enrolling participants for a clinical trial of an experimental vaccine for a debilitating inflammatory virus called chikungunya. Researchers will enroll...
