Influenza Vaccines

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NEWS SCAN: E coli beef recall, AAP flu vaccine guidance, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, DoD budget cuts, vaccine-autism ruling

Aug 30, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Congress asks egg questions, deli meat recalled, Finland suspends H1N1 vaccine, H5N1 virulence mechanism

Aug 24, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Second Iowa farm recalls eggs, Salmonella Typhi update, dengue in the US, MVA-based flu vaccines, high-profile pertussis message

Aug 20, 2010

 

Pharmacy chains poised for universal flu vaccination push

(CIDRAP News) - With seasonal flu shots already available in many pharmacies and their in-store clinics, retail chains are retooling their marketing plans to include the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) new recommendation for universal flu vaccination.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: School opening and pandemic H1N1, adjuvanted vaccine in elderly, H5N1 in Indonesia's pigs and poultry

Aug 13, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, pandemic vaccine efforts, polio lab inventory

Aug 12, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: DoD award for vaccine plant, flu pandemic's cost to health insurers

 

Shelf life for remaining H1N1 vaccine to be shortened

(CIDRAP News) – About 16 million remaining doses of monovalent 2009 H1N1 vaccine made by Sanofi Pasteur and packaged in multidose vials will expire sooner than expected, but expiration dates have not yet been determined, federal health officials and the company said today.

Robert Roos
 

ACIP says not to use CSL flu vaccine in small children

(CIDRAP News) – Because of reports of increased fever and seizures in Australian and New Zealand children, the US government's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended today that a seasonal influenza vaccine made by CSL Ltd. should generally not be used in children from 6 months through 8 years old this fall and winter.

Robert Roos
 

First hospital to mandate flu vaccination reports on challenges, success

(CIDRAP News) – Mandatory flu vaccination policies for healthcare workers require big investments in time and resources and the commitment to navigate difficult legal issues, but they can pay off in participation rates as high as 98% and in increased efficiency, according to a study from Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, the first US hospital to adopt such a mandate.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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