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Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas Reported High Flu Activity
Dec 27, 2013For the week ending Dec. 21, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas reported high flu activity, but in most of the country flu was low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the proportion of ...
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A Vaccine That Protects Children Against 4 Strains of Flu May Be More Effective
Dec 27, 2013A vaccine that protects children against four strains of flu may be more effective than the usual three-strain vaccine, a new study suggests. The four-strain (or so-called "quadrivalent") vaccine is available as a nasal spray or an ...
Tags: four strains of flu, quadrivalent, four-strain vaccine, kids health
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U.S. Flu Vaccination Prevented an Estimated 6.6 Million Influenza-Associated Illnesses
Dec 16, 2013U.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 ...
Tags: US, Flu Vaccine, health, benefits of vaccination, ward off influenza
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The European Commission Has Granted Marketing Authorisation
Dec 10, 2013The 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 ...
Tags: Chronic Hepatitis, Medicine
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AstraZeneca Has Received Positive Opinion From The Committee for Medicinal Products
Sep 24, 2013British drugmaker AstraZeneca has received positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its new four-in-one flu vaccine Fluenz Tetra. Fluenz Tetra, a nasally ...
Tags: Astrazeneca, Medicine
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FDA Approval for Molecular Diagnostic Test for Abbott M2000 Assay Is Obtained by Imdx
Sep 12, 2013IntelligentMDx (IMDx) has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its second automated molecular diagnostic test for use on Abbott's fully automated m2000 platform. The automated molecular diagnostic test detects ...
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Boston Declared a Public Health Emergency About Flu
Jan 11, 2013Boston already has 700 confirmed cases of the flu,10 times as many as this time last year,and the state has 18 reported deaths from the virus.Nationwide,nearly 6 percent of Americans have already contacted a health care provider about the ...
Tags: flu spreads across the country, Boston declares an emergency
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CFIA Has Asked Pig Producers to Take Appropriate Biosecurity Measures
Nov 29, 2012The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)has asked pig producers to take appropriate biosecurity measures to safeguard the health of their animals and people who may come into contact with them. This move comes in response to the ...
Tags: CFIA, pig producers, biosecurity measures, H3N2
