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Child and Adolescent Health: Vaccines

Vaccines prevent kids from contracting viruses.
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CDC reminds hospital and health system workers to protect themselves, patients during respiratory virus season

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding clinicians and other health care workers to take necessary steps to keep themselves and their patients safe during respiratory virus season.
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Health Inequities in the Latinx Community: COVID-19 and The Flu

In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA’s Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA’s Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with Rita Carreon, deputy vice president for health, UnidosUS, about health inequities in Latinx communities with a focus on COVID-19 and the upcoming flu season.
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Health Inequities in Black and Underserved Communities: COVID-19 and The Flu

In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, Interim Executive Lead, Institute for Diversity & Health Equity and Vice President, AHA Physician Alliance, talks with Andrea Custis, President and CE
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Chair File: Protecting Each Other and Keeping Our Communities Healthy

The AHA has excellent resources to help hospital and health system teams encourage patients and people in their communities to get vaccinated against the flu, COVID-19 and RSV.
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Chair File: Encouraging Immunization to Keep Our Communities Healthy

Vaccines are powerful weapons against most diseases. Nearly a dozen serious diseases —including polio, smallpox and whooping cough — have been eradicated because of vaccines. That’s important to remember as we observe National Immunization Awareness Month in August.
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Chair File: The Best Defense Against Flu and COVID-19

Autumn is here, and that means cooler weather and also the start of flu season.
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Closing the Immunity Gap with Advocate Children's Hospital

Some experts have suggested that RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) was more severe last year because of an immunity gap from several years of social distancing and COVID-19 precautions.
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Top Three Q&As on This Year’s “Twindemic” from Loma Linda University Health

As COVID-19 and its emerging variants continue to spread and the cold and flu season begins, hospitals and health systems are preparing early this year.
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Chair File: United Against the Flu — and COVID-19

It’s that time of year again … time to get a flu vaccine. We know that getting a flu vaccine is the best defense against seasonal influenza viruses and potentially severe consequences including hospitalization and death. And this flu season, many people can get a COVID-19 vaccine or booster at the same time.