Sanofi Pasteur is recalling approximately 800,000 doses of its pediatric influenza A (H1N1) monovalent vaccine in a single-dose, prefilled syringe (0.25 mL) because antigen content is lower than required levels, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today The... (Continue reading)
One dose of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine should be sufficiently protective in adults, whereas 2 doses could be required in children, according to the results of 3 randomized controlled trials reported online December 16 in The Lancet The purpose... (Continue reading)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, has announced that HIV-positive adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years are being actively recruited to participate in a clinical trial of the 2009 H1N1 influenza... (Continue reading)
When the fall/winter wave of H1N1 swine flu is over, it will have been no more severe than an average flu season, predict Harvard researcher Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, and colleagues from the U.K. Medical Research Council and the CDC. “The good... (Continue reading)
The new pandemic H1N1 flu may cause blood clots and other unusual damage in the lungs and physicians need to be on the lookout, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Two studies published in the American Journal of Roentgenology show the need... (Continue reading)
rapid influenza tests found they miss many cases of swine flu and U.S. health experts said on Thursday they are not worth the trouble for this flu season. A study looking at the effectiveness of a rapid flu test in the... (Continue reading)
WHO try to know how many people have the H1N1 swine flu virus,but they failed to count it it try to estimate how many infectrd with H!N! Because officials do not have the tools they need to count. Most people who... (Continue reading)
H1N1 swine flu has killed 28 pregnant women in the U.S., raising the level of concern among obstetricians and CDC investigators.The 28 women who died were among about 100 pregnant women who required intensive care because of severe H1N1... (Continue reading)
The first 3.4 million doses of swine flu vaccine — all the nasal spray vaccine — will ship in early October, the CDC said today. In addition, some flu shots may be ready to ship by then, too, Jay Butler, MD,... (Continue reading)
China officials said Tuesday that anew vaccination against swine flu tested on group of students hase no side effect reported. china hase start its vaccination program against swine flu on 100,000 students in Beijing in short dose.China’s Health Minister said... (Continue reading)