News Archive
Time for Your Influenza Vaccine, But Most Adults Should Receive Just One
Monday, August 30, 2010
Associated Press
By Lauran Neergaard
It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65...
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Pediatric Group Issues New Flu Vaccination Guidelines
Friday, August 27, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek
By Jonathan Serrie
All children and adolescents 6 months of age and older should receive the annual trivalent influenza vaccine this flu season,...
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CDC Findings Say Altruism in Keeping Others Healthy Can Drive Flu Vaccine Motivation
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Fox News
By Jonathan Serrie
Altruism, not self-protection, may be the best motivator for Americans sitting on the fence as to whether they get vaccinated against the flu this fall. That's...
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HHS Report Issued on Emergency Medical Countermeasures in Response to H1N1 Pandemic
Thursday, August 19, 2010
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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CDC Showcases Instructions on Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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Healthcare Worker Flu Vaccination Rates Rise 13% in Joint Commission Program
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
PRNewswire
Today, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the successful results of its second annual Flu Vaccination Challenge. Participating ...
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Flu Summit Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System (IVATS) Now Operational
Monday, August 16, 2010
American Medical Association: Science, Research, and Technology
The Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System (IVATS) has been developed to address difficulties healthcare providers may experience when trying to determine which wholesale distributors...
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NIH Launches Stimulus-Funded Program to Study Human Immune Responses to Infection and Vaccination
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
A new nationwide research initiative has been launched to define changes in the human immune system, using human and not animal studies, in response...
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WHO Declares End to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee and the WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, declared an end to the...
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One Flu Vaccine Can Protect Patients From Three Different Influenza Strains
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Houston Chronicle
By Cindy George
New flu vaccines that combine seasonal and H1N1 viruses in single doses should help Houston and the nation avoid...
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CDC Addresses Safety of Some Seasonal Influenza Vaccines in U.S.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Questions & Answers, CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the United States...
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Flu Vaccines Are Approved and Urged for Most
Friday, July 30, 2010
The New York Times
By Denise Grady
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it had approved vaccines for the next flu season, expected to start in the fall,...
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FDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Flu Season
Friday, July 30, 2010
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season...
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CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season...
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NIH: Progress on a Universal Flu Vaccine
Monday, July 26, 2010
National Institutes of Health
Researchers have developed a method to generate antibodies that attack a diverse array of influenza viruses in mice, ferrets and monkeys. The accomplishment...
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FluMist Begins Shipping of Influenza Vaccine for 2010-2011 Season
Friday, July 23, 2010
MedImmune
MedImmune announced today that it has begun shipping FluMist® (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal) to influenza vaccine distributors who service health care providers throughout...
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Flu Vaccinations Included in Free Preventative Care Services Made Available by Health Reform Law
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Associated Press
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost...
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H1N1 Flu Occurrences Slow; WHO May Declare End to Pandemic Alert
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Bloomberg
By Jason Gale
Public health experts are likely to tell the world this month it can breathe easier: The swine flu pandemic is ending. The World Health Organization’s...
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H1N1 Vaccine: What Physicians Can Do With Leftover Doses
Monday, July 19, 2010
amednews.com
By Christine S. Moyer
Internist Fred Ralston Jr., MD, has a common problem -- hundreds of influenza A(H1N1) vaccine doses are sitting in the refrigerator of his Fayetteville, Tenn., practice. "The last dose we administered...
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Self-Administered Patch, Microneedles Could Make Getting Flu Vaccines Easier in the Future
Sunday, July 18, 2010
AP
By Randolph E. Schmid
One day your annual flu shot could come in the mail. At least that's the hope of researchers developing a new method of vaccine delivery that people could even use at home ...
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On Track for a Universal Flu Vaccine
Monday, July 12, 2010
Medical News Today
A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led ...
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CDC Panel Updates Flu Vaccine Recommendations for Children, Some May Need Two Shots
Monday, July 5, 2010
amednews.com
By Christine S. Moyer, amednews staff
July 5, 2010 – Young children who were not immunized against the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) will need two doses of the 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccine ...
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A Flu Shot for Private Equity
Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
July 3, 2010 – Don't expect big hitters to give more than a cursory glance to the Solvay vaccines division that Abbott Laboratories has surprisingly decided ...
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CDC Advisors Tweak Seasonal Flu Vaccine Advice for Young Kids
Thursday, June 24, 2010
CIDRAP
By Lisa Schnirring
Jun 24, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Aiming to close some of the gaps in protection against the pandemic H1N1 virus expected to circulate this fall, a federal vaccine advisory group today recommended that children aged 6 months to 9 years...
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New CDC Test to Detect Human Infections with the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Authorized for Use by FDA
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
CDC
Jun 23, 2010 – A test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose human infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (formerly known as swine flu or pandemic H1N1 flu) was authorized for use today...
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H1N1 Influenza Public Health Emergency Determination to Expire on June 23
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Flu.gov
Jun 22, 2010 – On April 26, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services determined that the emergence of a new influenza virus strain with pandemic potential (now known as 2009 H1N1 Influenza) warranted the declaration ...
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Presentations from the 2010 CDC/AMA National Influenza Vaccine Summit
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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H1N1 Flu Vaccine May Also Protect Against 1918 Spanish Flu Strain
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The H1N1 influenza vaccine distributed in 2009 also appears to protect against the 1918 Spanish influenza virus killed more than 50 million people nearly a century ago, new research ...
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WHO Panel to Decide Whether to End H1N1 Flu Pandemic Alert
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
AFP
GENEVA — Scientists advising the World Health Organisation on Tuesday held a meeting to give their latest assessment of swine flu, in a move that could end the pandemic alert...
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The Legal Landscape of Pandemic Vaccines
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
By Wendy E. Parmet, J.D.
Vaccines and vaccination law feature prominently in pandemic preparedness plans. The recent H1N1 influenza vaccine program provides an important opportunity to assess the complex and perhaps paradoxical effects of vaccine laws...
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Researchers Take Step to 'Universal' Flu Vaccine
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Reuters
By Maggie Brown, Health and Science Editor
(Reuters) - A "headless" version of the influenza virus protected mice from several different strains of flu and may offer a step toward a so-called universal flu vaccine, researchers reported on Tuesday...
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2010 National Influenza Vaccine Summit: HIDA Presentation on the Role of Distributors
Friday, May 21, 2010
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U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Vaccine Court Case
Monday, May 17, 2010
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Omnibus Autism Proceeding...
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Far Fewer People Had Flu in Winter of 2009-2010 Than in Previous Years
Friday, May 14, 2010
BusinessWire
By Humphrey Taylor, Chairman, The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Only 12% of adults think they had the flu this past winter, fewer than the 15% to 21% who thought they had the flu in other winters...
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Former WHO Influenza Director Calls for Development of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
Friday, May 14, 2010
VaccineNewsDaily.com
By Daniel Purt
CIDRAP News reports that the former head of the World Health Organization's flu program, Dr. Klaus Stohr, believes...
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Early Season Influenza Vaccinations for Children May Save Over $9 Million Per Year
Monday, May 3, 2010
The American Journal of Managed Care
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has identified children as a high-risk group for influenza and
recommends that children...
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CDC Report on 2009-2010 Seasonal Flu Vaccination
Friday, April 30, 2010
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The advent of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in April 2009 made the 2009–10 influenza season highly unusual. Public awareness of the potential seriousness of influenza...
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Record Number of Americans Received Seasonal Flu Shot, with Over 40% Receiving Vaccines
Thursday, April 29, 2010
HealthDay News
By Steven Reinberg
Apparently spurred by concerns about the recently discovered H1N1 swine flu virus, a record number of Americans -- especially children and younger adults -- got seasonal flu shots...
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