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Flu vaccine protects against 27% of Texas cases  -  20 Feb 2008
Dallas Morning News,The ability of a flu vaccine to protect a person depends on the age and health of the person getting the vaccine, and the similarity between the virus

Officials: Flu vaccine isn’t perfect match  -  20 Feb 2008
Kerrville Daily Times,By Jeff Wright State health officials say the flu vaccine for the 2007-08 season isn’ta perfect match for the strains of Influenza currently circulating in

Shots for Grown-Ups  -  20 Feb 2008
Forbes,It isn't covered by basic Medicare like the flu vaccine, but instead falls under the Medicare drug benefit, with its complicated co-pay system.

Weak vaccine surprises health officials  -  20 Feb 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press,Reports that this year’s flu vaccine is ineffective against most strains of the flu have surprised federal health officials. Staff Photo by Meghan Brown--

Area hospitals, clinics see spike in cases of flu  -  20 Feb 2008
Providence Journal,Some of the increase may be attributed to a less-than-perfect match of this year’s flu vaccine to the current strains of flu virus.

New flu strains lessen vaccine’se≠ectiveness  -  20 Feb 2008
Yale Daily News,The flu vaccine has proven to be much less effective this season than in previous years, with an estimated efficacy of 40-60 percent, compared with the

Flu on rise, no local epidemic  -  20 Feb 2008
Holbrook Sun,...“The flu vaccine is somewhat limited in protecting people because there is an influenza strain occurring that health officials did not anticipate.

Flu shots not helping many of us  -  20 Feb 2008
Lancaster Newspapers,The flu vaccine includes protection against three viral strains of the flu. Every year before the flu vaccine is manufactured, federal health officials make

No flu for you  -  20 Feb 2008
Auburn Citizen,While there are a number of ways to prevent contracting an infection, one of the most effective is the flu vaccine, according to Brenda Kelly, of the Cayuga

Flu Epidemic  -  20 Feb 2008
CBS 21,This year one of the strains, actually two of the strains appeared later then when the decision was made to create the flu vaccine,� says Dr. Thomas Weida,

This Year's Influenza Shots Imperfect, Still Effective  -  20 Feb 2008
Lincoln County News,The biggest worries concern flu-vaccine resistant strains, and that the current vaccine is a good match for preventing only about 40 percent of this year's

Is flu to blame in 6 Salt Lake-area deaths?  -  20 Feb 2008
Deseret News,Still, they said, it's important for people who have not had their flu vaccine to get one, since it provides some protection with even a suboptimal match.

Flu Cases Continue To Rise  -  20 Feb 2008
Dunn Daily Record,RALEIGH - State Health Director Leah Devlin announced last week that the number of flu cases in North Carolina continues to increase, but flu vaccine is

Flu shot fails to fight many strains  -  20 Feb 2008
Daily Vidette,The influenza epidemic is expected to grow even worse as this year's flu vaccine fails to protect against most common strains. According to the Center for

Flu bug bites midstate  -  20 Feb 2008
PennLive.com,One problem this year is the appearance of an unexpected flu strain not covered in this year's flu vaccine. Dr. John Messmer, a family doctor at Penn State

NC flu season worst in four years  -  20 Feb 2008
abc11tv.com,Experts say getting the flu vaccine may help slow the spread in communities and can still protect you. Protection starts two weeks after vaccination.

KDHE Emphasizes Taking Precautions Against Flu Virus  -  20 Feb 2008
WIBW,Additionally, although this season’s flu vaccine does not match all of the circulating viral strains, the vaccine still offers a degree of protection and

Flu, virus hits Morgan County hard  -  20 Feb 2008
Morgan County Citizen,In some of the more extreme local cases in recent months, Zant said he's had two patients hospitalized with the flu who had had the flu vaccine.

A Rough Flu Season on Campus  -  20 Feb 2008
U.S. News & World Report,Wisconsin, too, still has flu vaccine available and is encouraging students to get vaccinated. It offers the shots free and has had 7100 takers so far since

Flu cases surge; worst to come  -  20 Feb 2008
DetNews.com,And, it's not too late to get a flu vaccine, with some health departments offering the shots for $10. Children, especially, should receive the vaccine,

Nasty Flu Season  -  20 Feb 2008
13WHAM-TV,Earlier in February experts warned that one problem is because the flu vaccine doesn't match most of the circulating viruses.

Vaccine-resistant flu bug found in Canada  -  20 Feb 2008
Edmonton Sun,By BROOKES MERRITT, EDMONTON SUN The influenza virus has mutated into a strain resistant to an antiviral drug that world governments have been stockpiling

Maryland catches a bad bug  -  20 Feb 2008
Business Gazette,...‘‘However, the flu vaccine is still effective and is providing some protection against some strains.� The state’s public health wings buy only about 10

Flu bug loose in region  -  20 Feb 2008
Gary Post Tribune,Of the six, only three of them are accounted for in this season's flu vaccine. Richards said that's an unusually high number, and because it takes nine

Flu Numbers Continue to Rise  -  20 Feb 2008
KFYR-TV,She says a report from the Centers for Disease Control indicates the flu vaccine is not a perfect match for this year`s virus.

Public Health: Beauty is skin deep, health is to the core  -  20 Feb 2008
Halifax-Plympton Reporter,While it has been determined that the flu vaccine and the particular strain being seen this year are not the best match, more time is needed to tabulate the

The 'Bug' is after us - again: Parents urged to take precautions ...  -  20 Feb 2008
Blackshear Times,The bad news is the flu vaccine is a good match against only about 40 percent of this year’s flu viruses, reports the Center for Disease Control and

Flu hits area care facility  -  20 Feb 2008
Duncan Banner,...“The current flu vaccine can still provide a certain level of protection against new strains, but other methods of prevention are key.

Whole new flu vaccine needed next year: WHO  -  Feb 18, 2008
Tehran Times,Even if the flu vaccine is not a perfect match, it can protect people against the most serious effects of the infection. In an average year flu kills

Flu vaccine weakening  -  Feb 19, 2008
ABC 4,It takes months to create a flu vaccine. Right now, scientists are constructing the vaccine for next year's flu season. The problem is viruses mutate.

Doctors Say Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Against Flu  -  Feb 18, 2008
KSLA-TV,Doctors say this years flu vaccine is not the strain of flu that's going around. Dr. Melita Williams at the Healing Hands Family Medicine office says,

Flu Widespread in US, but Vaccine Is Poor Match  -  Feb 15, 2008
Washington Post,Much of the increased activity owes to the fact that this year's flu vaccine isn't a match for some of the strains currently circulating in the United

Flu Vaccine Effectiveness in Question  -  Feb 18, 2008
WMBB-TV,By Mark Jenkins If you got a flu shot, but have still come down with what sure feels like the flu, guess what? It probably is the flu.

Flu Spreads in US With `Poorly Matched' Vaccine (Update2)  -  Feb 15, 2008
BloombergThe flu vaccine is designed each year to protect against three strains of the virus that doctors expect to be the biggest troublemakers.

Good news over flu vaccine  -  Feb 18, 2008
Norwich Evening News,Dr John Battersby, director of public health for Norfolk PCT, said: “On the basis of data collected so far we are not aware of any problems with flu vaccine

Flu Shots in the Future  -  Feb 19, 2008
KOMU-TV,The flu vaccine costs between 20 and 25 dollars for children at the health department. "You know if parents have multiple children, that's gonna be quite a

WHO names 3 new strains for 2008 flu vaccine; could pose ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
The Canadian PressThat wasn't such a big problem for the southern hemisphere product, because there is less demand for flu vaccine from southern hemisphere countries.

Tough Flu Season Keeps Doctors Busy  -  Feb 19, 2008
WSMV,Many people are finding even with the flu vaccine that they're still catching the virus. Doctors said the vaccine given this year isn’t protecting against

Flu Vaccine Not Stopping Surprise Flu Strains  -  Feb 17, 2008
WCCO,...(WCCO) Minnesota is fighting the flu better than most states, at least for the time being. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta says in much of the

Widespread Flu Activity  -  Feb 19, 2008
AM850,According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this year's flu vaccine only covers forty percent of this season's viruses.

Not ‘if’ but ‘when’  -  Feb 19, 2008
Ontario Argus Observer,There is, for example, some indication the strain of flu this year may not be covered in the existing flu vaccine. “If the vaccine matches the flu virus,

Flu Vaccine In Short Supply  -  Feb 17, 2008
WHO-TV,The Centers for Disease Control says this year's already weak batch of flu vaccine is getting weaker. The vaccine can typically fight off between seventy

Big increase in flu cases seen  -  Feb 19, 2008
Greensboro News Record,Part of the problem this year is the flu vaccine. Even people who got flu shots are coming down with the flu. “There’s so many different forms,

Flu strikes home; hospital full  -  Feb 19, 2008
Clay Center Dispatch,The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention says this year's flu vaccine doesn't protect against all strains that are circulating.

This Season’s Flu Vaccine Misses Many Marks  -  Feb 13, 2008
Wall Street Journal...said it has found that most so–called influenza B viruses that are running around the country aren’t fazed by the current edition of the flu vaccine.

Flu cases rampant across region  -  Feb 16, 2008
Boston Globe,That's because making flu vaccine is an archaic process using chicken eggs, which forces specialists to pick the formula for each year's shots eight months

Fight Against Flu Gets Tougher  -  Feb 18, 2008
News4Jax.com,..."The flu vaccine may only be 40 percent effective," said Dr. Harold Laski. This year, the flu shot may not work as well as it did in years past.

Flu Vaccine Providing Less Protection  -  Feb 17, 2008
MedHeadlines,Getting a flu shot may not provide as much protection as you think this season. The Centers for Disease Control has reported a rise in resistance to

Sanofi-Aventis files for EU approval of first flu vaccine by ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
CNNMoney.com...said its vaccines unit, Sanofi Pasteur, has filed for EU approval to sell the first flu vaccine delivered by an intradermal microinjection system.

Doctors see spike in season's flu cases  -  Feb 18, 2008
Rock Hill Herald,The flu vaccine contains an inactive virus that is given by a needle. Each year in China, scientists predict what strain will hit the United States,


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