influenza
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And it now recommends that families and healthcare providers engage in what is dubbed “shared clinical decision-making” for the once broadly recommended vaccines against rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, hepatitis A and B, and meningococcal disease.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Measles, malaria, influenza and dozens of other illnesses wouldn’t exist there—which sounds great.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
For more than ten years, Jeffrey Shaman and colleagues, including Sen Pei, have worked to improve methods for tracking and simulating the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza and COVID-19.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
The test revealed she had influenza A, a type of flu virus.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026
Over time mutation lets animal diseases jump to people: avian influenza becomes human influenza, bovine rinderpest becomes human measles, horsepox becomes human smallpox.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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