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There Should Be Mandatory Flu Vaccines For All Health Care Workers, American Academy Of Pediatrics published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:00:00 PDT
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced today that it believes all health care workers should have mandatory (compulsory) flu shots. The AAP adds that health-care associated influenza outbreaks contribute considerably to patient morbidity and mortality and also place a financial burden on health care systems. Health care associated influenza outbreaks are common, says the AAP...
AAP Recommends Mandatory Flu Vaccine For All Health Care Workers published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Health-care associated influenza outbreaks are a common and serious public health problem that contribute significantly to patient morbidity and mortality and create a financial burden on health care systems. In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all health care personnel should be required to receive an annual influenza vaccine...
How Vaccines Are Saving Lives And Money published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Research!America is highlighting the vital importance of vaccines with a new fact sheet in its Investment in Research Saves Lives and Money series. CDC recently reported that routine vaccination rates are increasing among teens aged 13-17, but for many diseases the vaccination rates are far below the CDC's recommended 90% mark...
CVS Caremark Offers $5 Million In Free Flu Vaccinations To Uninsured Individuals published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:00 PDT
CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA have joined forces to offer $5 million in free flu vaccinations to community clinic and health center patients who have no health insurance coverage. CVS Caremark informs that the shots are currently available at all its CVS pharmacies and MinuteClinics throughout the USA...
CDC Ramps Up Production Of New Three-In-One Flu Vaccine published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Health officials say that there will be plenty of flu vaccine available this year, now that the H1N1 pandemic has ended, The Washington Post reports. "The World Health Organization declared an end to the pandemic last month, based on indications that the H1N1 flu was transitioning to a more seasonal virus...
H1N1 2009 Swine Flu Complications No Worse Than Seasonal Flu, US published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
A US study of flu cases in adults and children living in Wisconsin concluded that the risk of serious complications from 2009 H1N1 swine flu was no higher than the risk of serious complications from recent seasonal flu strains. You can read about the study in the 8 September issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA...
More Seniors Get Flu Shot After Personalized Reminders, Provider Urging published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Personalized post cards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, according to a new review of evidence. Professional facilitators are also successful at urging providers to perform a suite of preventive services, including flu shots for seniors. The results apply to people age 60 and older living in the community, the authors note...
Compared To Recent Flu Strains, Individuals With 2009 H1N1 Infections Had Lower Risk Of Most Serious Complications, Were Younger published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
An analysis of data from influenza cases in Wisconsin indicates individuals with 2009 H1N1 infections were younger than those with H3N2 (2007-2008), and that the risk of most serious complications was not higher in adults or children with 2009 H1N1 compared with recent seasonal strains, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA...
Intradermal (ID) Flu Vaccine Available Now For The First Time In The UK published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Reliable intradermal (ID) flu vaccination1, amplifying the immune response of older vulnerable people, will help to protect them from flu and its complications during this year's flu season.2,3,4,5 Available now in the UK, the Intanza®15µg micro-needle injection system* is simple for healthcare practitioners to use, with a narrow (30G), short (1...
Blood Signatures To Diagnose Infection published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Coughing and wheezing patients could someday benefit from quicker, more accurate diagnosis and treatment for respiratory infections such as flu, through a simple blood test, according to scientists. Dr...
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Distribution Still Below Levels Needed To Meet Guidelines, Despite Growth Worldwide published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
A new IFPMA study(1), announced at the "Options for the Control of Influenza VII" conference in Hong Kong, shows that global vaccine coverage remains uneven and low overall, despite total distribution of seasonal influenza vaccines nearly doubling over the last six years...
Stay Vigilant, Bird Flu Could Spark Next Global Outbreak, Urges Expert published
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PDT
Robert Webster, an influenza expert, says health authorities worldwide need to remain watchful for possible influenza outbreaks, despite swine flu being much less deadly than people had originally feared. Webster, chairman of the virology and molecular biology department at St...
Is Europe Prepared For 'Flu? published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The results of a three-year research project into pandemic flu preparedness in Europe will be launched at a meeting in Brussels in September...
Microbiology Brought To Life In Nottingham, UK published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Antimicrobial insect brains, mouth bacteria behaving badly and the hundreds of microbial communities that lurk in household dust are just some of the highlights at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham next week. The annual event takes place on 6-9 September at the Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham...
Winn-Dixie Offers Flu Vaccinations Beginning Sept. 1 published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: WINN), will offer flu vaccinations on a walk-in basis and through vaccine clinics at all of its in-store pharmacies beginning Sept. 1. Customers using their Winn-Dixie Customer Reward Card will receive a $5 discount off the $28 flu vaccine ($23 with the Customer Reward Card)...
Mandatory Flu Vaccine For All Health-Care Personnel: Recommendation By Nation's Leading Infectious Diseases Experts published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)...
Link Between Decongestant Use In Pregnant Women And Lower Risk Of Preterm Birth published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) epidemiologists has found that women who took over-the-counter decongestants during their pregnancies are less likely to give birth prematurely...
AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued updated recommendations for the use of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine and antiviral medications for the prevention and treatment of influenza in children...
Is Flu Jab Pandemrix Linked To Narcolepsy? European Medicines Agency Investigates published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 PDT
The European Commission asked the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to investigate whether GlaxoSmithKline's flu jab, Panemrix is linked to a higher risk of developing narcoplepsy. The EMEA says the investigation is now underway. Some cases of narcolepsy were reported in Finland and Sweden - the EMEA says they were all "collected through spontaneous reporting systems"...
H1N1 Flu Especially Hard On Children With Sickle Cell Disease published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Children with sickle cell disease are especially hard-hit by the H1N1 flu strain, causing more life-threatening complications than the seasonal flu, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center...
CDC Updates Estimates Of US Flu Deaths published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that updated estimates of flu deaths in the US in recent decades show that rather than widely cited annual figure of 36,000, which is too high anyway, the estimated numbers have fluctuated from as low as 3,500 to as high as nearly 49,000, depending on which flu viruses have been prominent...
H1N1 (swine Flu) Activity Remains Locally Intense In Part Of India And New Zealand published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:00 PDT
The World Health Organization (WHO) informs that H1N1 virus transmission continues to be intense in parts of New Zealand and India. During the first week of August, the national consultation rate in New Zealand for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased sharply, especially in parts of the country that were less affected by last winter's pandemic wave...
Publix To Offer Flu Vaccination Program published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Publix Super Markets Inc. will launch its flu immunization program in stores this month. Flu shots will be available in all 823 Publix Pharmacy locations. Flu shots are being provided by trained Publix Pharmacists and/or The Little Clinics...
Swine Flu Vaccine, Pandemrix, Halted In Finland, Possible Narcolepsy Risk published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:00 PDT
The vaccination of children and adolescents in Finland with swine flu vaccine - Pandemrix - has been suspended until a link to narcolepsy has either been ruled out or detected, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Wefare (THL - Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinin Laitos) announced today. THL said this is a precautionary measure until the issue has been adequately examined and explained...
Experimental Drug AVI-7100 Has Good Potential Against H1N1 Swine Flu Virus published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 PDT
Two preclinical studies which evaluated AVI-7100 against a fully virulent pandemic H1N1 (swine flu) virus had promising results, says AVI Biopharma Inc. Data from the studies revealed statistically significant reductions in average viral titer vs. a saline control (placebo) and a Tamiflu control. (Pre-clinical studies means studies with animals, not humans) J...
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