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Health-care providers should explain vaccine refusal risks

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Physicians and nurses need to explain the risks of vaccine refusal while respectfully listening to parents' concerns, a special article in the May 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine urges.





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CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too (AP)

CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available.


Do vaccines cause autism, asthma and diabetes?

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created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Almost 70% of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children do so because they believe vaccines may cause harm. Indeed vaccines have been blamed for causing asthma, autism, diabetes, and many other conditions--most of which ...


Glaxo starts testing its swine flu vaccine

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created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.


CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. health officials say there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.


Japan's attempts to import swine flu vaccine may be too late

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Japanese government might not be able to import vaccine to combat the new type of influenza -- the H1N1 virus, or swine flu -- before autumn, when an epidemic of the disease is feared will intensify, as experts want pre-import ...


US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but tell The Associated Press that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs - the chief way flu vaccines are made.


Sanofi Pasteur starts testing swine flu vaccine

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur says it has started human trials of its swine flu vaccine in about 2,000 people in the United States.


CDC official downplays risk from swine flu vaccine

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created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.


WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.


WHO: Swine flu vaccine on track

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.



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