Influenza vaccination may offer cardiovascular protection even when it does not prevent infection, according to a new study.

If you’ve noticed more people coughing or calling out sick, you’re onto something: just as peak flu season arrives, flu cases and hospitalizations are surging in the U.S. thanks to a variant called ...

The systemic inflammation caused by a flu infection is known to increase short-term risk of heart problems, and the flu vaccine has been shown to reduce this risk by preventing infection in the first ...

"[The study] findings reinforce the need to incorporate influenza vaccination as an integral component of inpatient management for cardiac patients during the influenza season," the authors wrote.

The choice had glaring implications, apparently tied to a powerful effect: reduced inflammation.

A nationwide Danish study found that flu can sharply raise the short-term risk of heart attack and stroke, while prior vaccination was linked to a markedly lower excess risk in people who still became ...

A severe influenza A virus, commonly known as seasonal flu, may not only leave you coughing and feeling feverish, but also silently damage your heart, increasing the risk of heart attacks, according ...

A doctor vaccinates a patient as part of the start of the seasonal influenza vaccination campaign in Gouzeaucourt, France, October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (This is an excerpt of the Health ...

Influenza vaccination could significantly reduce the risk of influenza-associated heart attack and stroke even among people who get infected after getting the vaccine, according to research just ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As if the flu wasn't bad enough already: Researchers have confirmed that flu sharply increases the risk of heart attack for older people. Doctors have long known that flu can trigger ...

Influenza vaccination could significantly reduce the risk of influenza-associated heart attack and stroke even among people who get infected after getting the vaccine, according to research just ...