Vaccines

Swine flu jabs 'still important'

People recommended for Tamiflu should continue to take it, say officials Health officials are warning a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu makes the need for vaccination more important. Five patients at Cardiff's University...

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H1N1 may have peaked, but not over

H1N1 cases starting to dwindle, even as Tamiflu-resistant cluster detected Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's...

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Flu shot roulette

If you lived in Kendall County and wanted the H1N1 vaccine last week, you were in luck. Kendall had received 18,000 doses and you could get vaccinated in a matter of minutes in a nurse's office. The county hadn't exhausted its...

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Childhood vaccine cost to drop next year

Cheaper price means an extra 6.3 million kids globally will get vaccinated HANOI, Vietnam - Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday....

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H1N1 cases down; vaccine access up

Some parts of the country are seeing a small decline in H1N1, as others, including Maine and Hawaii, see an increase. 43 states have widespread flu activity compared with 48 at beginning of month Prevalence still higher than...

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Swine flu vaccine not causing deaths, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled out swine flu vaccine as the cause of death in 41 people who had received the flu shot. WHO vaccines chief Marie-Paule Kieny said deaths investigated by health authorities so far...

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What Role Does the Route of Immunization Play in the Generation of Protective Immunity against...

Midwest Research Institute, Frederick, MD 21702. The route of vaccination is important in influencing immune responses at the initial site of pathogen invasion where protection is most effective. Immune responses required for...

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Foot-and-mouth disease in Kottayam

Scientists visit disease-hit villages Over 400 cows affected, one death reported KOTTAYAM: A two-member team from the Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (SRDDL), Bangalore, visited the foot-and-mouth...

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AMA warns against swine flu complacency

The Australian Medical Association is warning against complacency when it comes to swine flu and is urging more people to get vaccinated. According to the AMA the disease is very active in the northern hemisphere and deaths...

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Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake?

As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available—by using...

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