Explore new respiratory disease prevention resources, tools for responding to #measles outbreaks, expert insights, and more from NFID in the Fall 2026 issue of The Double Helix
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Flu moves fast—so should you 🏃♂️💨
Antiviral medications can help you feel better faster and prevent serious complications like pneumonia.
Call your doctor at the 1st sign of flu symptoms
👉 Learn more: nfid.org #FightFlu #FluMovesFast
#Pneumococcal disease can cause pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream
infections. It can be serious for young children, older adults, and people with
certain health conditions.
Getting vaccinated can help tame serious
complications. More from NRCI: TameIt.org
#Flu can be wild, but a flu #vaccine can help tame severe symptoms, reducing the risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death.
#GetVaccinated to help #FightFlu and learn more at: nfid.org/flu
Get the latest, evidence-based immunization recommendations for the 2026-2027 respiratory season from leading experts, including @SeanOLearyMD @dr_demetre @MargotSavoy
Register at nfid.org/cvc #NFIDCVC
🌍 Scientific breakthroughs can save lives ... but only if people can access them.
On the latest episode of #InfectiousIDeas, 2026 NFID awardee Shabir Madhi, MMed, PhD, discusses global vaccine inequities and what it will take to close the gap.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/9q835100rhn
Diseases such as #flu and #COVID19 can range from mild to life-threatening. Even healthy people can get seriously ill. Getting vaccinated can reduce the risk of severe illness, complications, and hospitalization. Learn more at TameIt.org and visit the NFID booth at #IDWeek2026
Early US #flu season, current strain may signal risk for younger people; doctors urge vaccines
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Wanting to #GetVaccinated and actually getting it done are two different things. The latest issue of The Double Helix explores how to bridge that gap, plus new NFID initiatives and resources to help protect your community.
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@NFIDVaccines hosts podcast “Infectious IDeas,” with featured immunization champions, including doctors, pharmacists and researchers. Hear about Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a chemist turned physician who has dedicated her life to vaccine safety and efficacy: nfid.org/podcast/a-lifelong-…
What Keeps Our 2026 Award Recipients Up at Night?
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Tonight, NFID celebrates @KathyNeuzil of @gatesfoundation for her extraordinary leadership in vaccine research and global polio eradication efforts 🏆
🎧 Hear the 2026 NFID awardee share her vision on #InfectiousIDeas: ow.ly/Ueiz50ZZ9J4
Tonight, NFID celebrates Shabir A. Madhi, MMed, PhD, of @WitsUniversity with the 2026 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement 🏆
Hear his story and insights on the future of vaccine science on #InfectiousIDeas: ow.ly/3EYG50ZZ9FK
🏆 As NFID honors @DrRHatchett of @CEPIvaccines tonight with the 2026 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award, hear what drives his work on #InfectiousIDeas
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‘I ached so much’: Man describes bout with #dengue fever contracted during Florida’s outbreak 🦟
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#Pregnant women have many difficult decisions to make, but preventing flu, COVID-19, RSV, and whooping cough does not have to be among them. Talk with a trusted healthcare professional about #vaccines to help protect both mom and baby. 🤰
Learn more: nfid.org/pregnancy
Join #NFID and @PH_Comms on Tuesday 10/27 at 2 PM ET for a complimentary #CME webinar on Building Trust to Increase Immunization Uptake with experts from #NFID @pharmacists #PHCC #CommonHealthCoalition
Learn more and register: ow.ly/FQcP50ZX07n
#Measles: Highly Contagious. Easily Preventable
#GetVaccinated to #PreventMeasles and learn more at nfid.org/measles
Think it's just #flu? Think again, especially if you have a chronic health condition like diabetes, heart disease, or lung disease, any of which can lead to severe related complications.
#GetVaccinated to help #FightFlu and learn more: ow.ly/nuoi50ZYEkM
#Measles continues to rip through unvaccinated communities across the United States 🤕
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