News|Videos|February 14, 2023

It's Still Flu Season, Don't Let Patients Drop Their Guard, Says Expert

Medical director of the NFID William Schaffner, MD, shares his messages to primary care clinicians as the final months of this year's flu season near.

Spring may be around the corner, but it is still respiratory virus season, so it is important to remind patients to not let their guard down, according to William Schaffner, MD. In a recent interview with Patient Care Online, Dr Schaffner, a well-known infectious disease expert from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, shared key messages to primary care clinicians as the 2022-2023 respiratory virus season winds down.

William Schaffner, MD, is medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, professor of preventive medicine in the Department of Health Policy and professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN.

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