News results: "flu vaccines"

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Health

WHO reports 1,658 confirmed cases of swine flu

Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed 1,658 cases of the new...
» read full story May 06th, 2009 - 23:11

WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu

Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 16:09

European pharma industry holds flu talks in Brussels

Brussels - Representatives of the European pharmaceutical industry Wednesday discussed their...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 19:09
Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

U.S. researchers concluded on Friday that babies that are born four months before the peak cold and...
» read full story November 23rd, 2008 - 10:53
Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Fever? Headache? Sore Throat? You might find answers to all these symptoms through a new tool as...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:40
Google Will Keep Track Of Flu Searches

Google Will Keep Track Of Flu Searches

Google, through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is trying to help U.S. authorities fight the flu...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 19:38
Lots Of Vaccines Available This Influenza Season

Lots Of Vaccines Available This Influenza Season

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Wednesday to be the official first day of...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 16:01
CDC Expands Recommendations for Influenza Shots

CDC Expands Recommendations for Influenza Shots

Wednesday, health officials assembled in Washington D.C. endorsed the Centers for Disease Control...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 21:15
Flu Vaccine Recommended For Children Of School Age

Flu Vaccine Recommended For Children Of School Age

As the flu season approaches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 18:49
Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) has called off plans for a study examining a...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 15:30
New York Pharmacists Allowed to Give Flu and Pneumonia Shots

New York Pharmacists Allowed to Give Flu and Pneumonia Shots

New York pharmacists who complete state training and certification will be permitted to give...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 15:54
Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 20:09
Childhood Vaccination Rates At Record Levels

Childhood Vaccination Rates At Record Levels

The rate of U.S. children getting their recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases has...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 15:30
Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 17:59
Flu Shots Have Been Overestimated

Flu Shots Have Been Overestimated

It appears that old people aren’t actually protected from potentially deadly diseases such as...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 07:22
New Bird Flu Vaccine From Novavax Shows Encouraging Results

New Bird Flu Vaccine From Novavax Shows Encouraging Results

Novavax Inc. announced on Tuesday that their new bird flu vaccine that uses a mock version of the...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 00:24
Survivors From 1918’s Spanish Flu Still Produce Antibodies

Survivors From 1918’s Spanish Flu Still Produce Antibodies

In a report presented by the newest issue of the journal Nature, scientists offer a new perspective...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 13:00
FDA Clears Next Season’s Flu Vaccines

FDA Clears Next Season’s Flu Vaccines

The Food and Drug Administration approved six flu vaccines for the upcoming flu season changing...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 15:30
Flu Vaccines For the Elderly - Unnecessary Pain and Trouble

Flu Vaccines For the Elderly - Unnecessary Pain and Trouble

According to the findings of a recently completed study published in the journal The Lancet, it...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 19:03
FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline Combination Vaccine

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline Combination Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a four-in-one vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline. The...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 22:25
CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 18:45
Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers have announced in this week's New England Journal of Medicine the development of a new...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 23:29
Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Bird flu virus is closer than ever to finding its enemy, as the first experimental bird flu...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 13:35
Glaxo’s Bird Flu Vaccine Prepandrix Gets EU Clearance

Glaxo’s Bird Flu Vaccine Prepandrix Gets EU Clearance

GlaxoSmithKline Plc. has received the European Union approval for the world’s first wide-spectrum...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 10:46
Court Hears More Claims Linking Thimesoral in Vaccines to Autism

Court Hears More Claims Linking Thimesoral in Vaccines to Autism

The parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe that a mercury-based preservative, thimesoral,...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 13:38
Flu Shot Manufacturers Plan More Doses for Next Season

Flu Shot Manufacturers Plan More Doses for Next Season

Although this year’s vaccine against flu was largely ineffective, the five companies manufacturing...
» read full story May 11th, 2008 - 19:51
WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

During a conference held in Geneva on May 6, World Health Organization experts warned on the...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 16:37
Controversy Veils Court’s Ruling in Autism Case

Controversy Veils Court’s Ruling in Autism Case

You can always say “This is impossible” until it happens to you. The parents of a...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 13:36
Vaccine Contributed to Girl's Autism Symptoms

Vaccine Contributed to Girl's Autism Symptoms

Federal health officials have concluded that childhood vaccines contributed to symptoms of the...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 19:10
Sen. McCain Revives Vaccine-Autism Myth

Sen. McCain Revives Vaccine-Autism Myth

Senator John McCain, while campaigning in Texas, recently said that "It’s indisputable that...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 21:41
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World

WHO says no evidence virus was a lab creation

Geneva - There is no evidence to support a theory that the new influenza A(H1N1) virus was created...
» read full story May 14th, 2009 - 20:10
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U.S.

US swine flu cases increase to 642, likely to spread

Washington - The number of people sickened by swine influenza in the United States increased to 642...
» read full story May 06th, 2009 - 23:08

US braces for worse from swine flu

Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 09:30
How Prepared are the U.S. States for Actual Disaster?

How Prepared are the U.S. States for Actual Disaster?

Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia along with New Hampshire and Wisconsin are among the five...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 22:49
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Business

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline, the United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company,...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 21:51
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Specials

Flu Season Is Almost Here, Get Vaccinated, CDC Recommends

Flu Season Is Almost Here, Get Vaccinated, CDC Recommends

In an attempt to reduce the number of people getting influenza or dying from it, on Wednesday, the...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 14:20

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune

Although hard to believe antibodies from survivors of the most devastating 1918 influenza pandemic...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:46
FDA Makes This Year’s Flu Vaccines Public

FDA Makes This Year’s Flu Vaccines Public

As autumn is approaching, people should be ready to welcome the flu season. And the best way to do...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 17:15
Manufacturers to Boost Number of Flu Vaccines for Next Season

Manufacturers to Boost Number of Flu Vaccines for Next Season

Despite inefficiency of the flu vaccines this year in the U.S., the five companies manufacturing...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 11:12
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