U.S. flu vaccination prevented an estimated 6.6 million influenza-associated illnesses and 79,000 hospitalizations during last year's flu season, officials say. A report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and ...
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A U.S. infectious disease expert says one of the most persistent flu myths is that the influenza vaccine can give a person the flu -- it cannot. Dr. Jorge Parada, medical director of the Infection Prevention and Control Program at Loyola ...
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The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for AstraZeneca's new four-in-one influenza vaccine Fluenz Tetra for the prevention of influenza in children and adolescents from 24 months up to 18 years of age. The ...
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Getting a flu shot is important for everyone, but it is very important for those with asthma because the flu can make asthma symptoms worse, U.S. officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality ...
NanoViricides has received results of detailed lab analysis studies from the initial non-GLP toxicology studies of intravenously administered FluCide. No overt adverse safety and toxicology effects were observed in this study of the ...
Theraclone Sciences has received notification from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) informing the company that their proposal, 'Broad-spectrum anti-influenza A M2e fully human monoclonal antibody TCN-032: ...
US-based Biozone Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has agreed to terms and signed a letter of intent (LOI) to merge with Cocrystal Discovery, a privately-held biotechnology company developing antiviral therapeutics for human diseases. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) first adjuvanted vaccine for the prevention of H5N1 influenza, also known as avian or bird flu. The pandemic Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Monovalent Vaccine, ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine, Q-pan, to protect against H5N1 influenza, or avian flu. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was developed in partnership with the ...
For the week ending Nov. 16, flu activity was high in Mississippi, but low overall across most of the nation, federal health officials say. The proportion of people seeing their healthcare provider for influenza-like illness remains below ...
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For the week of Nov. 9, U.S. flu activity was low but increasing in the South, with the first two influenza-related pediatric deaths, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the proportion of people ...
Those with HIV are living normal lifespans and their doctors should aim on preventive care for heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis, U.S. researchers say. The Human Immunodeficiency Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases ...
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Most staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have been vaccinated against influenza, hospital officials say. The results come about nine weeks into a campaign to have employees vaccinated against influenza, ...
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