Showing posts with label Flu Vaccine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flu Vaccine. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

CDC Study: Lives Saved By the Flu Vaccine

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  # 9887   Given this year’s poor performance, and resultant bad press, from the seasonal flu shot it is understandable that the CDC...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Hong Kong Prioritizes Groups To Receive Emergency Flu Vaccine

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  # 9848   The effect of this year’s vaccine mismatch due to a `drifted’ H3N2 virus has been keenly felt across the Northern Hemis...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

CDC: Updated Estimated Seasonal Flu Vaccine Effectiveness

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  # 9778     By early November (see A `Drift’ In A Sea Of Influenza Viruses ) it was becoming obvious that the performance of  th...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

JCI: Preexisting Human Antibodies Neutralize H7N9 influenza strains

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  Credit NIAID   # 9724   Based on some of the press coverage overnight ( see below ) one could be forgiven for coming away with t...
Friday, February 06, 2015

Revisiting CIDRAP’s - The Need For Better Flu Vaccines

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  # 9780   There’s an accusatory headline, and article, in the UK’s Telegraph today (see Flu vaccine: Ministers may have known of d...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

MMWR: Reduced Protection From This Year’s Flu Vaccine

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Photo Credit - CDC PHIL   # 9581   It is always a bit of a gamble heading into flu season every year since flu vaccines – whose st...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Italy: AIFA Investigating Deaths Among Flu Vaccine Recipients

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  # 9389   Flu vaccines have a long and enviable history of safety, and while side effects have been reported, serious reactions ar...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

NPM14: Giving Preparedness A Shot In The Arm

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Photo Credit PHIL   Note: September is National Preparedness Month , and this is one of a series of new or updated preparedness ar...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Branswell On Low Flu Vaccine Effectiveness In 2012-13 Flu Season

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  # 8404     Helen Branswell has the story on a PLoS One study, published yesterday, that found an unusual `production issue’ w...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

WHO: Recommended Composition Of 2014-15 Northern Hemisphere Flu Vaccine

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Credit NIAID   # 8314   Twice each year influenza experts gather to discuss recent developments in human and animal influenza viru...