Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Kids, Colds, And OTC Meds

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    # 5878   With cold and flu season on the way, this is probably a good time to remind my readers that the CDC and the FDA co...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

CMAJ: Childhood Flu Vaccinations Reduced Hospitalizations

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    # 5855     From the CMAJ   (Canadian Medical Association Journal ) we get the results of a comparative study between the Uni...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

NIH: Any Combo Of Prime-Boost Flu Vaccine Protects Toddlers

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    # 5759     Children 6 months of age or older, who have never received a flu vaccine before, are recommended to receive a prim...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Poll: Despite FDA Warning Parents Use OTC Cold Remedies For Kids Under 2

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      # 5319   In January of 2008 the FDA issued a warning to parents that OTC ( over-the-counter ) cough and cold remedies were ...
Friday, July 30, 2010

UK: DOH Advises CSL/Pfizer Flu Vax Not For Under Five’s

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    # 4771     CSL, Ltd produces influenza vaccines for Australia, and for export to other countries.  In some cases those vacc...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Study: Vaccinating Kids Promotes Herd Immunity

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    # 4416     The recent push to vaccinate children against seasonal influenza every year is based, in part, on the idea that ...
Friday, October 30, 2009

IDSA: Kids Shed Virus Longer Than Adults

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  # 3913     More evidence, presented at the IDSA (the Infectious Diseases Society of America) in Philadelphia this week, indica...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Dutch Researchers Question Flu Vaccinations For Kids

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    # 3908   On the same day that the NIAID study comes out promoting the idea of increased childhood vaccinations to slow antigenic...