]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/flu-vaccine Blog Articles Tagged with 'flu-vaccine' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923815?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine I confess: I find vaccine stories dull. But this one from IrishTimes.com caught my interest: Malaria one-two could stop bird flu. Excerpt:A researcher at UCC [University College Cork] is studying a vaccine that could protect against any form of influ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923815?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/923775?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Welcome to Grand Round 5.9 - a weekly rotation of blogposts in the medical and health fields. I am delighted to be your host again, and present to you the following for your listening pleasure. A Sudden Jolt of Sadness by The Sterile Eye Annual ACAA... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/923775?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:36:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/923491?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine One of the good things about the pandemic flu threat (if you'll let me put it that way) is the stimulus it has provided for vaccine technology. While current flu vaccines are still mired in horse and buggy technology of egg-based production, all sort... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/923491?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:24:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Pregnancy can be an exciting time: Baby names, baby showers and, oh, those cute little baby clothes. It's also a key time to focus on health, both for mom and her newborn-to-be. Expectant moms know that it is important to eat nutritious food and get ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medicine-for-the-outdoors/923000?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Just recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expanded its influenza (flu) vaccination recommendation to include children between the ages of six months and 18 years. So, with the exception of infants under the age of 6 months, the recommendat... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medicine-for-the-outdoors/923000?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/922776?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Via Swisster.ch: Flu pandemic still a risk, say Swiss health authorities. Excerpt:The threat of a deadly pandemic caused by bird flu is still a reality and should not be underestimated according to Swiss public health authorities, who say companies a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/922776?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:22:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921965?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Via Bloomberg: Bloomberg.com: Asia href= http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aPyq6s3u_XHA&refer=asia Flu pandemic threat remains as H5N1 deaths ease, Indonesia says. Excerpt:Indonesia, the nation with th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921965?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:04:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921769?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Via the Hong Kong government website: Flu shot subsidy to launch Nov 1. Excerpt:More than 500 private doctors will provide influenza vaccinations to children aged six months to six years under a five-month subsidy scheme from November 1, Centre for ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921769?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:18:07 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/921359?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Ann Falsey, M.D., associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and an infectious diseases specialist at Rochester General Hospital, discussed how Giving people age 65 and older a dose four times lar... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/921359?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:12:28 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921290?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine I won't even bother to excerpt the first one. Just get over to CIDRAP's report and read the whole thing: Donors meeting nets funds for avian flu fight href= http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/oct2708donors.html Donor... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921290?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:46:24 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/920405?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Based on global surveillance of influenza strains, all 3 strains in the 2008 to 2009 influenza vaccines are different from the 2007 to 2008 vaccine strains. Let's hope that we haven't missed any significant ones this year. In general anyone who woul... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/920405?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:06:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/920391?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Filed under: Toddlers, Preschoolers, Health & safety, In the newsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all children, from six months to eighteen years old, get the flu vaccine this year. It's a choice that some parents will m... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/920391?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/920535?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Here's a sincere plea: Don't give me the flu!You see, if I contract viral influenza I will very likely give it to many other people. For up to five days before I develop fever and realize that I'm sick, I will shed highly-infectious virus particles t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/920535?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:55:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/919935?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine As the government steps up its campaign to get every US citizen over diaper age to get a flu shot this year, skeptics continue to voice concern that the vaccine doesn't actually prevent the flu. Now a new and significant voice has joined the choru... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/919935?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:38:52 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919507?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine I'm dealing with some technical problems in posting new materials. Until they're resolved, posting may be a little light. But this item deserves your attention. Via the Washington Examiner: US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears. Excerpt:... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919507?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:00:08 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-gwenn-is-in/919048?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Medical and scientific journals contain where we sort out the practical side of clinical medicine. While some studies have conclusions we can grasp onto today, others make us pause and want to learn more.Two studies in this month's journal Pediatrics... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-gwenn-is-in/919048?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:26:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/918880?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine A story in CIDRAP News by the always excellent science journalist Maryn McKenna provides food for thought:. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post...... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/918880?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:33 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/918278?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Thanks to Ma Yingshen at Chen Qi for the tip about this Yahoo News India story: Deadly Australian flu 'heading for Britain'. Excerpt:Health officials have changed the flu vaccination over fears a deadly strain from Australia, called Brisbane H3N2, co... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/918278?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/918026?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Filed under: Newborns, Just for moms, Babies, Pregnancy & birth, Health & safety, Development, In the news, Playground bureauHard to believe but it's already flu season again. Or, to be more accurate, it's really (hopefully) flu PREVENTION season. Th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/918026?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:02:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/behind-the-headlines/917749?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Even if earlier statistics overestimated the dangers of influenza in the elderly, little doubt remains that the disorder increases their risk of hospitalization and death.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/behind-the-headlines/917749?rsstype=tag&tag=flu-vaccine Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:51 -0400