Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccine effects
Posted in Health by healthnutter 953 days agoNYT: Doctors swamped by swine flu vaccine fears
Posted in Health by healthnutter 963 days ago
Doctors say they are already being deluged with questions about the new swine flu vaccine and that they are ill-prepared to cope with the nationwide drive to immunize everyone.
Pregnant women struggle to find flu vaccine
Posted in Health by healthnutter 970 days ago
Federal health officials are working hard to raise the number of pregnant women who get a flu shot this year but, repeated swine flu warnings won't automatically overcome a key obstacle: Many obstetricians don't vaccinate.
Government approves new swine flu vaccine
Posted in Health by healthnutter 983 days ago
The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.
Asia way short of vaccine to fight sw... - Reuters
Posted in General by bismaa781 1005 days ago
MiamiHerald.com. Asia way short of vaccine to fight swine flu-WHO. Reuters. HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Asia is going to be way short of the new H1N1 vaccine to fight swine flu when the next surge of infections hits during the cold season this year, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. .. CDC reports half the country could become infected with swine flu. ABC News. Sebelius: Closing schools wouldn't ward off virus. The Associated Press. Swine flu panic express picks up speed. Kansas City Star. Washington Post. - West Virginia MetroNews. - WESH.com. all 3,017 news articles »
U.S. preps for vast flu vaccine effort
Posted in Health by healthnutter 1007 days ago
Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope — and in the potential for complications.
First batch of swine flu vaccine produced
Posted in Health by healthnutter 1077 days ago
Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations.
Cervical cancer vaccine benefits older women
Posted in Health by healthnutter 1089 days ago
Older women can benefit just as much as younger women from Merck's Gardasil vaccine against cervical cancer, researchers in Colombia reported on Monday.
Vaccine refusal hikes whooping cough risks
Posted in Health by healthnutter 1096 days ago
Children who don't get the shots to prevent whooping cough are 23 times more likely to get the disease than vaccinated kids, a Colorado study suggests.
Only 1 in 3 in U.S. would get swine flu vaccine
Posted in Health by healthnutter 1108 days ago
Fewer than a third of U.S. adults would get a shot especially made to protect against the new H1N1 swine flu virus, according to a poll released on Thursday.
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