By IDSE News Staff
Annual vaccination against influenza may even decrease the risk for stroke, according to a recent study.
Investigators analyzed records from a healthcare database in Spain and identified people who were at least 40 years of age and had their first stroke between 2001 and 2015 (Neurol 2022 Sep 7. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000201123). The investigators focused on ischemic stroke—the most common type—which is caused by a blood flow blockage to the brain. Each person who