News tagged with flu vaccinations

Pharma's niche focus spurs US aid for antibiotics

(AP) -- The pharmaceutical industry won approval to market a record number of new drugs for rare diseases last year, as a combination of scientific innovation and business opportunity spurred new treatments for diseases ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds continuous health coverage essential for patients managing diabetes

When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health - insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead

Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Strict policy raises hospital's worker flu vaccination rate

A California hospital raised its employee influenza vaccination rate above 90 percent by shifting from a voluntary vaccination program to one mandating all healthcare workers either get vaccinated or wear a mask at work for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Vaccine against epidemic gastroenteritis being tested

(Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine is being tested in the US that may protect against the norovirus, which causes "stomach flu" or acute viral gastroenteritis, that can occur in confined living settings such as cruise ships, ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Promising results in mice on needle-free candidate universal vaccine against various flu viruses

Scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have discovered that an antigen common to most influenza viruses, and commonly referred to as matrix protein 2 (M2), when administered under the tongue could protect ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China prepares for big entry into vaccine market

(AP) -- The world should get ready for a new Made in China product - vaccines.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Boosting the aged immune response to flu virus

As people age, their immune system becomes less robust. This makes them more susceptible to serious and frequently life-threatening infections with viruses that affect the respiratory tract such as influenza A virus (IAV). ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Annual childhood flu vaccines may interfere with development of crossresistance

Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally, according to a paper in the November Journal of Virology.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts

(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hi-tech survey accelerates collection of vaccination data

New technology now makes it possible to collect 'near real-time' data about whether people are having any side effects from vaccination. By studying people who received the 2009-10 swine flu vaccination in Scotland, researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stronger flu shots, more side effects

Ordinary flu vaccine has always worked out for Carolyn Hendrickson, so the 77-year-old was perplexed on a recent Monday when her clinic gave her a high-dose version without asking first.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes fatal. The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Separate the facts from flu fiction

Amanda Kanowitz was a healthy 4-year-old when she got the flu. Her first symptoms-cough, low fever, vomiting - seemed like signs of any common childhood bug, and the doctor suggested fluids and rest. Three days later, her ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study: Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines

People carrying extra pounds may need extra protection from influenza.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast