UW pharmacy professor works to protect heart disease patients from the flu

A University of Wisconsin professor of pharmacy is working with a team of researchers from across the country and in Canada to test the effectiveness of higher-dose influenza vaccinations in heart disease patients. Orly Vardeny, UW professor of pharmacy, is a co-principal investigator for the flu vaccination trial. She warned that individuals with heart disease are more vulnerable when they get influenza. … Continue reading UW pharmacy professor works to protect heart disease patients from the flu