Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity'

2010-03-09T13:46:58Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>Researchers at McMaster University in WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 17: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dicretor Thomas Frieden speaks during a news conference to give updates on the H1N1 outbreak and the government's response to the pandemic with Nati...

U.S. states, counties struggle to deliver H1N1 shots

2010-02-24T16:35:06Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States and counties will be struggling to vaccinate people against the swine flu pandemic well into December and January -- long after the first peak of the virus in the United States, officials said on Wednesday.</p><p>Federal health officials also said it will be years before things get...

CDC Director Frieden Testifies On State And Federal H1N1 Response

2009-11-04T12:46:40Z

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thomas Frieden, Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, state health officer for the Alabama State Public Health Department

NIH official vouches for safety of flu vaccine

2010-02-24T10:39:48Z

<div id="subtitle">NIH's Anthony Fauci calls H1N1 vaccine effective, says tests on millions certified its safety</div><div><p>A leading government health figure says tests on millions of people who have received the H1N1 flu vaccine show that it's safe and effective.</p><p>Dr. Anthony Fauci of the Reuters) - Up to 30 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 flu have been delivered to the U.S. government and production is now picking up, officials said on Monday.</p><p>But they said more studies confirm that children under the age of 9 will need two doses to be fully protected.</p><p>And studies in pregnant women...

1 dose of flu vaccine working in pregnant women

2010-02-24T10:59:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Government: Pregnant women benefit from single flu shot, younger children still need 2</div><div><p>A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still need two doses for best results, federal health officials said Monday.</p><p>Twenty-one days after receiving a single 15-microgram dose of the vaccine, 92 percent of pregnant women showe...

US up to 55 mln swine flu vaccine doses short: official

2010-02-24T14:04:37Z

<div><p>The United States will face a swine flu vaccine shortfall of 45 to 55 million doses by the end of the year but half of the population could still be vaccinated, according to a senior US official.</p><p>"I don't think we will get to the original goal" of 195 million influenza A(H1N1) vaccine doses delivered during the US government's fall vaccination campaign, said Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.</p><p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the news is not surprising, since t...

House Oversight And Reform Committee Holds Hearing On H1N1 Vaccinations

2009-09-29T13:17:43Z

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 29, 2009 in Reuters) - An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said on Thursday.</p><p>Developers said they were now debating how to test the limited amounts of vaccine they have left to find out if there are ways to make it work better.</...

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

2010-02-25T03:27:34Z

<div id="subtitle">A world first: AIDS vaccine cuts the risk of HIV infection by 31 percent in big Thai study</div><div><p>For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.</p><p>The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected w...

Young children need 2 doses of H1N1 vaccine: U.S.

2010-02-25T05:36:32Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Younger children will need two doses of the vaccine against the new pandemic of H1N1 influenza, U.S. officials said on Monday.</p><p>They said tests of Sanofi-Pasteur's swine flu vaccine showed children respond to it just as they do to seasonal flu vaccines, with children over 10 ...

Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids

2010-02-25T04:40:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Govt says 1 swine flu shot enough to protect kids 10 and older, but younger may need 2</div><div><p>Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.</p><p>Protection kicks in for older children within eight to 10 days of the shot, just like it does for adults, the Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Anthony ...

H1N1 unlikely to mutate into "superbug": U.S. study

2010-02-25T13:15:38Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - The new H1N1 virus appears to outcompete seasonal flu, making it less likely to mix with other circulating flu viruses into a "superbug" as some had feared, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>The H1N1, or swine flu, virus also spreads more q...

H1N1 unlikely to mutate into 'superbug': U.S. study

2010-02-25T13:16:09Z

Senate Appropriations Group Holds Hearing On Swine Flu Outbreak

2009-08-28T07:00:26Z

WASHINGTON - APRIL 28: (L-R) Rear Adm. Anne Schuchat, interim deputy director for Science and Public Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Anthony Fauci, director of the

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