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Jun 20, 2012

Jun 20, 2012

ACIP reviews flu vaccine efficacy and safety, tweaks dosing for kids

(CIDRAP News) – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory group today heard the latest information on flu vaccine effectiveness and safety and updated its recommendation on the number of flu vaccine doses children under age 9 should receive.

Jun 20, 2012

CSL says flu vaccine components led to kids' seizures

(CIDRAP News) – Australia's CSL Biotherapies said today that viral components of its Fluvax seasonal flu vaccine led to the unexpected rise in febrile seizures in young Australian children during the 2010 flu season.

May 31, 2012

May 31, 2012

Early flu-vaccine production forecast: up to 149 million doses

(CIDRAP News) – As health officials take stock of a 2011-12 flu season that was lighter and later than usual, flu vaccine makers are releasing production estimates that add up to a somewhat lower total than the early estimate at this time a year ago.

May 11, 2012

May 11, 2012

IOM offers tools to help guide vaccine development

(CIDRAP News) – The Institute of Medicine (IOM) yesterday unveiled a decision-support model with a test version of software to help policymakers and other stakeholders determine what vaccines to develop at both national and global levels.

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