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(CIDRAP News) Little is known about the safety and efficacy of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in infants, but German researchers who reviewed cases of babies hospitalized with influenza found the drug yielded benefits similar to those in older children, though mild gastrointestinal symptoms were more common.
(CIDRAP News) The risk for the paralytic condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in people who received pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine was about the same as the risk among those who receive seasonal flu shots, according to preliminary findings released today by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Jun 1, 2010
(CIDRAP News) The United States is a more important hub for the global circulation of seasonal flu strains than previously thought, a finding that may have practical public health implications for the best use of antivirals and vaccines, researchers reported today.
May 24, 2010
May 21, 2010
(CIDRAP News) Low levels of flu activity across the United States resemble a summer pattern, while globally only sporadic pandemic flu activity is occurring with the most active areas in parts of the Caribbean and Central America, according to updates today.