Pneumococcus Vaccine

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What about pregnancy?  -  Feb 5, 2008
TamilStar.com,The safety of the pneumococcus vaccine for pregnant women has not yet been studied. There is no evidence that the vaccine is harmful to either the mother or

How is pneumococcal vaccine administered?  -  Feb 5, 2008
TamilStar.com,Inactivated influenza vaccine and tetanus vaccines may be given at the same time as or at any time before or after a dose of pneumococcus vaccine.

Underinsured kids’ vaccinations costly  -  08 Aug 2007
Worcester Telegram,Eight states don’t give pneumococcus vaccine shots to underinsured infants and toddlers. A handful of states don’t provide shots for chickenpox and

Bill gives power for vaccine mandates  -  Jul 3, 2007
Fresno Bee (subscription),...mandate whooping cough booster shots, and SB 533 by Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would require pneumococcus vaccine for children entering preschool.

New trends and upcoming challenges in the development of novel ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Gordon Freeman (Harvard Medical School) provided data that the introduction of the existing pneumococcus vaccine in the developed world has not only reduced

Vaccine fund gives hope to poor people  -  Feb 11, 2007
Xinhua,BEIJING, Feb. 12 -- Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada have said they will create a 1.5 billion USdollars fund to help develop vaccines for infectious

Italy, Canada, UK to Commit $1.5 Billion to Buy Vaccines  -  Feb 6, 2007
U2 France,By Flavia Krause-Jackson. Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Italy, UK and Canada will create a $1.5 billion fund to buy vaccines for infectious diseases that afflict

Africa: Poor Countries to Benefit From Vaccine Fund  -  Nov 30, 2006
AllAfrica.com,...victory over rotavirus). The pneumococcus vaccine Prevenar has already been proven effective in a number of countries. GAVI will ...

Vaccine plan for poorest countries  -  Dec 4, 2006
Healthcare Today,...and Rotarix have already been approved for use in Europe and are undergoing trials in Asian and African countries, while the pneumococcus vaccine Prevenar has ...

New plan will buy US$200 million in vaccines for poorest countries  -  Nov 29, 2006
International Herald Tribune,GlaxoSmithKline. The pneumococcus vaccine is Prevnar, manufactured by Lederle Laboratories Division and marketed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Group Pledges $200M in Vaccines for Poor  -  Nov 29, 2006
Houston Chronicle,The pneumococcus vaccine is Prevnar, manufactured by Wyeth division Lederle Laboratories and marketed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

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