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The flu got off to a fast and furious start this season in Michigan and University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers are gathering data needed to help fight the flu.
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan, the Clalit Research Institute, and Ben-Gurion University in Israel, fully vaccinating children reduces the risk of hospitalization associated with influenza by 54%.
Nearly 22 million school days are lost annually due to the common cold, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A universal flu vaccine that could prevent a potential influenza pandemic has been a holy grail for epidemiologists around the world ever since the first flu vaccines were developed in 1938.
Gordon and an international team of researchers secured a $35 million, seven-year National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant to look into that first infection or exposure through influenza vaccination and its effects.
Each year, particularly during the winter months, millions of Americans are infected with influenza. The flu causes symptoms such as fever, coughing, body aches and fatigue, and, in some cases, can lead to serious complications and even death.