Influenza Vaccines

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FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Indonesia, FDA approves GSK's quadrivalent flu vaccine

Dec 17, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: New pan flu framework, 4-strain flu vaccine trial, rinderpest lab stock destruction, cholera in Cuba

Dec 10, 2012

 

FDA clears first cell-based flu vaccine

(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved the nation's first cell-based flu vaccine, a product from Novartis that uses technology that could help vaccinate more Americans in a pandemic but still has many of the same limitations of older egg-based flu vaccines.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Novartis flu vaccines, flu vaccine in pregnancy, social media for disease tracking, polio vaccination efforts

Nov 12, 2012

 

Canadian call for health worker flu shots stirs debate

(CIDRAP News) – A recent editorial calling for requiring influenza shots in healthcare workers (HCWs) has stirred debate in the pages of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), with two groups of researchers questioning the quality of the evidence that the vaccinations protect patients.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Novartis flu vaccine particles, USAID disease support, H5N1 in India, H1N1-related encephalopathy, health and climate

Oct 29, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: US West Nile cases, MRSA in wildlife, Novartis flu vaccine stoppage in Italy

Oct 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Coronavirus reporting complaint, NC fair E coli cases, 4-strain flu vaccine trials, Ebola in Chinese bats

Oct 23, 2012

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Pandemic school closure, flu vaccine effectiveness

Oct 22, 2012

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Sanofi's quadrivalent vaccine, digital archive on 1918 pandemic

Oct 18, 2012

 

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