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Flu vaccine protects against 27% of Texas cases  -  20 Feb 2008
KVUE,...worse-than-expected flu season, after discovering this year's influenza vaccine protects against fewer than 30 percent of the cases diagnosed in Texas.

Weak vaccine surprises health officials  -  20 Feb 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press,Last week the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that this year’s influenza vaccine is only effective against 40 percent of

Flu more prevalent with kids  -  20 Feb 2008
Redwood Falls Gazette,DeBruycker added there are still facilities with influenza vaccine left. The Minnesota Depart-ment of Health's Web site has information on where to find it.

Suffolk County Health Department gives free flu vaccines to docs ...  -  20 Feb 2008
EmpireStateNews.net,HAUPPAGUE - The Suffolk County Department of Health Services will be making more than 7000 doses of this season’s influenza vaccine available to county

Flu packing Mon Valley Hospital ER  -  20 Feb 2008
Monessen Valley Independent,By Chris Buckley A stronger, vaccine-resistant strain of the flu, coupled with normal winter illnesses, is testing the capacity of area hospital emergency

Flu bug bites midstate  -  20 Feb 2008
PennLive.com,The Associated Press/2007Syringes filled with an influenza vaccine are piled in a container at Rocky Mountain Primary Care's Thornton, Colo., location.

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

CSL Half Yearly Report and Half Year Accounts  -  Feb 19, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...(10% liquid intravenous immunoglobulin) approved July 2007 by US FDA; 7 launched in the USA during February 2008; 7 Influenza vaccine approved by US FDA;

Annual Report 2007  -  Feb 18, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,This second influenza VLP has the potential to be both a pandemic or pre-pandemic vaccine in addition to applications as a seasonal influenza vaccine.

Flu Widespread in US, but Vaccine Is Poor Match  -  Feb 15, 2008
Washington Post,...and many of the infections are being caused by some strains not covered by this year's influenza vaccine, US health officials said Friday.

Whole new flu vaccine needed next year: WHO  -  Feb 18, 2008
Tehran Times,WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The three most common influenza viruses circulating globally have changed significantly and next year's flu vaccines should be

Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0-18 Years ...  -  Feb 19, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),2 Recommendations for use of the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) now include healthy children aged as young as 2 years.

EMEA filing for first vaccine using Soluvia microinjection system  -  Feb 18, 2008
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,The submission for the first influenza vaccine to use the BD Soluvia system has been accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

CDC: Poor vaccine faces widespread flu  -  Feb 16, 2008
Food Consumer,2008 (Foodconsumer.org) -- Health officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested Friday the influenza vaccine currently

Novartis Vaccines Launches Online Resource for Ordering Fluvirin ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
HealthNewsDigest.com,..."Novartis Vaccines is committed to increasing access and availability of influenza vaccine to the community to help advance public health," said Rajiv De

Effectiveness of Flu Shots  -  Feb 18, 2008
WSIL TV,She says, "They will develop the influenza vaccine according to what viruses are circulating in the previous year and what was circulating in other

Sanofi Pasteur Files for European Approval  -  Feb 18, 2008
Moneycontrol.com (press release),Sanofi Pasteur’s novel ID influenza vaccine overcomes the technical difficulties that have historically limited the use of this route of administration3 and

Sanofi’s intradermal flu vaccine – the way forward?  -  Feb 15, 2008
PharmiWeb.com (press release),Widening US policy then usually influences influenza vaccine recommendations around the world thus stimulating increasing demand.

US Health Officials Blame Vaccine For Harsh Flu Season  -  Feb 15, 2008
dBTechno,US health officials have been calling for a brand new, fully re-worked influenza vaccine for the 2008 - 2009 season next year, as it is clear that the

US expresses concern about vaccine as flu cases up  -  Feb 8, 2008
ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, US health officials said on Friday as

Universal Influenza Vaccine Tested Successfully In Humans  -  Jan 25, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The universal influenza vaccine has been pioneered by researchers from VIB and Ghent University. This vaccine is intended to provide protection against all

DelSite to Test Needle-Free Bird Flu Vaccine  -  Feb 15, 2008
OneMedPlace,As a prelude to DelSite’s Phase I trials, in January 2008 toxicology studies were successfully completed on a GelVac nasal powder influenza vaccine.

Influenza Vaccine Proving Ineffective This Year  -  Feb 11, 2008
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases,February 11 2008 - The United States government is concerned over the fact that cases of the flu bug being reported in the country are up, despite the fact

No flu outbreak in county yet  -  Feb 18, 2008
Iowa City Press Citizen,..."I've personally seen one patient who had her influenza vaccine and still got influenza A," he said. "We have seen a number of respiratory illnesses that

Official: Get flu shots, even though vaccine may not target all ...  -  Feb 11, 2008
The Capital Times,Influenza vaccine being used this winter isn't as well matched to the strains of flu starting to show up across the country, but that shouldn't be a reason

WHO advises total makeover for 2008-09 flu vaccine  -  Feb 14, 2008
CIDRAP,...of a less-than-satisfactory match between all three components of this season's influenza vaccine and the flu strains currently making people sick.

Marshfield Clinic reaches flu vaccine milestone  -  Feb 13, 2008
BusinessNorth.com,...“We’re concerned about the health of our communities, which is why we’re reaching out with efforts such as influenza vaccine clinics at our centers and at

Sanofi Pasteur MSD Applies for European Approval of the First ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),LYON, France, February 13, 2008 – Sanofi Pasteur MSD has applied for the European licensure for the first seasonal influenza vaccine delivered by

Flu takes its toll on campus  -  Feb 19, 2008
Gainesville Sun,Barkley said the Student Health Care Center generally receives 5000 doses of the influenza vaccine each year, 3000 to 3500 of which typically go to students

Influenza outbreak hits prisons hard  -  Feb 19, 2008
Lassen County News,Medical staff has been screening the inmates, providing treatment to the ill inmates, and has been administering the influenza vaccine to all inmates and

Flu shot may not be effective  -  Feb 15, 2008
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV),In his words, “We have to remind folks that the influenza vaccine, while it’s the best method to protect against influenza, it’s certainly not a perfect

Experts suggest ways to curb ill-effects of avian flu  -  Feb 18, 2008
Hindu,The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended the use of seasonal influenza vaccine to select groups at increased risk of exposure to the H5N1 avian

Lonza, Sanofi enter cell culture vaccine production partnership  -  Jan 22, 2008
Forbes,The two parties have signed a technical service agreement related to the new cell-based influenza vaccine developed by Sanofi Pasteur, Lonza said.

New Hospital Standards Needed For Pediatric Flu Vaccines  -  Feb 4, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...and continuing throughout flu season, should be offered and strongly encouraged to receive influenza vaccine before being discharged from the hospital.

Crucell Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusinessStrong growth of 35% in our pediatric, travel and other vaccines was offset by lower influenza vaccine sales in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to 2006.

Avian flu can turn into human contagion, say experts  -  Feb 5, 2008
Hindustan Times,Prakash said every year researchers have to make a new batch of influenza vaccine in the US as the virus undergoes "antigenic shift".

1st EMEA application filed for product using innovative ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),The submission for the first influenza vaccine using BD Soluvia has been accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Starts Making Test Batches of First ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),As a prelude to the Phase I human trials, in January 2008 toxicology studies were successfully completed on a GelVac nasal powder (H5N1) influenza vaccine.

Tough Flu Season Keeps Doctors Busy  -  Feb 19, 2008
WSMV,NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Influenza continues to bite hundreds of people in middle Tennessee, and some doctors said the situation may not improve any time soon.

Iomai Study Shows Self-Applied Travelers' Diarrhea Vaccine Patch ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusinessThe data also suggests the possibility of self-administration of other Iomai vaccines, such as the needle-free influenza vaccine, which remains a priority

Aachoo! Flu season is upon us  -  Feb 2, 2008
MLive.com,Dr. Douglas Hoch, medical director for the Muskegon County Health Department, said there are signs this season's influenza vaccine is not very effective

Cough, ache, achoo; is it the flu  -  Feb 13, 2008
Blue Springs Examiner,It contains three influenza viruses, which are representative of the influenza vaccine strains recommended for that year. The three vaccine strains - one A

Letters for Tuesday  -  Feb 12, 2008
Dallas Morning News,The article included the critically important advice for Dallas residents this winter: Get an influenza vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Community Resiliency  -  Feb 5, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Public health strategies have focused on increasing the supply of influenza vaccine and on vaccinating individuals who are at higher risk of serious

Denmark's Pharmexa forced to look at 'strategic alternatives'  -  Feb 19, 2008
Pharma Times (subscription),...has entered Phase III trials in pancreatic cancer and is in Phase II for liver cancer, and its “universal influenza vaccine project� will also proceed.

Montgomery Medicine: Flu cases picking up in Montgomery County  -  Feb 7, 2008
thepaper24-7.com,Influenza vaccine contains two subtypes of A and one subtype of B. This year the scientists guessed right for the most part. There is, however, a type of

Rise in patients with flu-like symptoms  -  Feb 13, 2008
abc7.com,Dr. Fielding explains every year the influenza vaccine is adjusted with three new strains of the virus. "This year, 1 is a very good match.

Reuters Health News Summary  -  Feb 9, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,WASHINGTON – The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, US health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases

Flu outbreak may be worse than last year, health officials say  -  Feb 10, 2008
Muskogee Daily Phoenix,...it appears that a little more than half of the influenza virus spreading through Oklahoma is a strain of type B not covered by the influenza vaccine,

Nasal spray flu vaccine is safe, effective  -  Jan 22, 2008
United Press InternationalFirst author Dr. Pritish Tosh said that live attenuated influenza vaccine is a safe, highly immunogenic and effective vaccine that is well tolerated.


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