Influenza Vaccines

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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egyptian poultry, Russia vaccinates birds, Jakarta's poultry shelters, UK flu-shot policy, TB-infected doctor

Apr 13, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Rapid H5N1 test, alleged H5N1 vaccine fraud, Japanese test prepandemic vaccines, new strategy for malaria

Apr 7, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Indonesia, Thai vaccine grant, flu vaccine for tourists, Hib deaths, call for action on TB

Apr 2, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, flu vaccine efficacy, tainted pistachios, sprout outbreak, prions in elk, vector database, outbreak monitoring

Apr 1, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 case confirmed, pandemic vaccine allocation, killing H5N1, DNA flu vaccine, combining antiseptics

Mar 30, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu, Salmonella developments, drug fails in prion trial, new vaccine plant in Mexico

Mar 10, 2009

 

Military study: Flu shot yields less illness than mist

(CIDRAP News) – In one of the largest head-to-head studies comparing two different seasonal flu vaccines in a healthy, adult population, those who received trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV) had fewer medical visits for respiratory illnesses compared to those who received the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV).

Lisa Schnirring
 

Europe approves Sanofi's intradermal flu vaccine

Editor's note: This story was updated Feb 27 to include more information about an intradermal vaccine that Sanofi Pasteur is developing for the US market.

(CIDRAP News) – The European Union has approved the first influenza vaccine injected with a shallow needle prick into the skin instead of a jab all the way into muscle, according to Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine's manufacturer.

Robert Roos
 

ACIP OKs fewer anthrax shots, leaves flu-shot groups same

(CIDRAP News) – Americans who receive anthrax shots—mainly members of the military—are likely to get five injections into muscle tissue instead of six subcutaneous injections, as a result of action today by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Robert Roos
 

Pandemic vaccine--making capacity rising, but still short

(CIDRAP News) – The world's capacity to produce vaccines for an influenza pandemic has risen sharply in the past 2 years, but it would still take an estimated 4 years to meet the global demand if a pandemic emerged now, according to a report from an international strategy consulting firm.

Robert Roos
 

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