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The CDC recommends getting your updated COVID-19 shot and your seasonal flu shot as soon as possible. AngelaMacario/iStock via Getty Images

October 12, 2023

Vaccines against COVID-19, the seasonal flu and RSV are our best chance of preventing a winter surge

Libby Richards, Purdue University

Newly approved and updated vaccines are the best tools available to combat COVID-19, the flu and RSV, as infections and hospitalizations tick upward and cold and flu season gets underway.

Broad protection from a universal flu vaccine could replace seasonal flu shots. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images

February 7, 2023

How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains the challenges, and how mRNA could offer a promising solution

Deborah Fuller, University of Washington

Annual flu vaccines are in a constant race against a rapidly mutating virus that may one day cause the next pandemic. A one-time vaccine protecting against all variants could give humanity a leg up.

Pediatric emergency rooms in some states are at or over capacity due to the surging number of respiratory infections. GOLFX/iStock via Getty Images Plus

November 18, 2022

COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children

Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Texas A&M University and Annette Regan, University of San Francisco

Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.

Model of an influenza virus. Flu season is expected to make a big comeback this year. (NIAID)

November 10, 2022

Influenza and COVID-19: What’s in store for the fall/winter respiratory virus season?

Sameer Elsayed, Western University

Flu and COVID-19 are expected to make headway during the current respiratory virus season. The best way to stay healthy is vaccination in conjunction with personal protective measures.

Plenty of warm and humid places – including Miami – are seeing the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

April 15, 2020

Coronavirus may wane this summer, but don’t count on any seasonal variation to end the pandemic

Ellen Wright Clayton, Vanderbilt University

Winter is flu season – could it be coronavirus season as well? The research is mixed, but other factors besides temperature and humidity have more to do with the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

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