#influenza

#influenza

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Influenza infections trigger heart attacks by causing inflammation and plaque rupture, which increases the risk for those with existing heart disease.

Moderna's new mRNA-based flu vaccine, mRNA-1010, demonstrated a 27 percent higher efficacy rate in preventing influenza infections compared to the standard flu shot in a trial with nearly 41,000 participants aged 50 and older.

Former MLB pitcher Scott Sauerbeck, who died in February, passed away due to complications from the flu, an autopsy revealed.

"We had a really terrible flu season this year," Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, told SFGATE.