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News: February 14, 2012
Flu Vaccine Isn't Foolproof
TUESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The most widely used flu vaccine in the United States is only about 60 percent effective in healthy adults, new research indicates. That vaccine is the trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV), which accounts for ab...
Cold, Flu Season Poses Risks for Kids With Asthma
SATURDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Symptoms of asthma can be worsened by a cold or the flu, creating a potentially dangerous situation for children, according to experts at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, 30 percent of...
Pregnant Women Reminded to Get Flu Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women should get a flu shot to protect themselves and even their newborn from the flu, experts say. Pregnancy increases the risk of serious complications of flu, such as bacterial pneumonia and dehy...
Last Year's Flu Shot Won't Protect Kids This Season
THURSDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Most children need to get a seasonal flu vaccination this year, even if they got one last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. The 2011-12 flu vaccine protects against the same three flu strains as l...
Flu Shot Rates Low for Health Workers, Moms-to-Be: CDC
THURSDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccination levels among U.S. health care workers have risen in recent years but are still below the 2020 national health objectives, a new study says. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
Kids Benefit From Flu Vaccine via Shot or Spray, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children younger than 3 years old receive roughly the same amount of protection from the flu vaccine regardless of which method (injection, nasal spray, or one of each) is used to give the two recommended dose...
FDA Unveils Flu Vaccines for 2011-12 Season
MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Influenza may be far from most Americans' thoughts as much of the nation wilts under oppressive heat, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it's already preparing for the 2011-12 flu season....
Flu Vaccine for 2011-12 Season Approved
MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- The 2011-12 influenza vaccine, containing the three strains predicted most common in the upcoming season, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Six manufacturers will be licensed to produce...
Black Americans With Lupus Have Better Response to Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans with lupus have a higher antibody response to flu vaccination than whites with lupus, a new study says. This may be good news for black Americans with the disease, since patients who had a weak ...
'Universal' Flu Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A small group of 22 British volunteers is testing out a new "universal" influenza vaccine: one that might be effective against all strains of flu and wouldn't have to be reformulated each year, as now happens. "...
H1N1 Flu Vaccine Very Effective: Study
THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A single dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine was 93 percent effective during the 2009 pandemic, a new study found. In order to assess the effectiveness of the vaccine -- known as the AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N...
Kids With Allergies Shouldn't Skip Flu Shots, Experts Say
FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The flu vaccine is safe for children with food allergies, experts say, as long as precautions are taken. That assessment is being offered by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimo...
Pediatric Group Issues New Flu Shot Guidelines
MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- All children and adolescents 6 months of age and older should receive the annual trivalent influenza vaccine this flu season, according to updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP...
Flu Vaccine Via Skin Patch Shows Promise in Mice
SUNDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Wouldn't it be nice if you could get the flu vaccine through a stick-on skin patch instead of a shot? Experiments in mice show that using skin patches containing tiny, painless "microneedles" to deliver the infl...
H1N1 Flu Vaccine May Shield Against 1918 Strain
WEDNESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- 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 in mice reveals. The findi...
Clues Found to How Different Flu Vaccines Work
WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- A new Japanese study outlines the molecular and cellular reasons why some flu vaccines work better than others and could point the way to better protection with fewer side effects. "By understanding the mole...
Flu Vaccine Safe for Infants 6 Weeks Old
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Seasonal flu vaccines are safe and effective in infants as young as 6 to 12 weeks, new research claims. These findings, which need to be confirmed in more studies, suggest that seasonal flu vaccine should be ...
Insect Cells Instead of Eggs for Swine Flu Vaccine?
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A method that uses insect cell-based technology produces vaccines for swine flu faster than traditional egg-based vaccine production, say Austrian scientists. Using this new approach, the researchers created r...
Flu Vaccine for Seniors Approved
THURSDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Fluzone High-Dose, a seasonal flu vaccine for people 65 and older, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said in a news release. Seniors are at highest risk for complications o...
Nearly 5 Million Doses of Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 5 million doses of a nasal spray version of swine flu vaccine have been recalled because the vaccine loses some potency over time, but not enough to diminish its protective effect, U.S. health official...
Single Shot of H1N1 Vaccine May Be Enough for Kids
MONDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A single dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine may be enough to guard children and infants against potential infection, Australian researchers report. Currently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recomm...
Large Recall of Children's Swine Flu Vaccine
TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 800,000 children's doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine have been recalled by manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur Inc. because they have lost some potency, federal health officials said Tuesday. According to the U.S....
Seasonal Flu Vaccination Rates Still Too Low
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Although the H1N1 pandemic flu has raised public awareness of the flu in general, there has been only a slight increase in the number of people choosing to get a seasonal flu shot, a new report shows. By the m...
Another Swine Flu Vaccine Approved for Children
FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- CSL Limited's H1N1 influenza vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include children 6 months and older, the agency said. Previously, the shot had been approved only for adults. Th...
Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can't Get It
FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although the total doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine available in the United States now tops 38 million -- 11 million more than a week ago -- most Americans who want a shot still haven't been able to get one, U.S. ...
One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women
MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Results from ongoing clinical trials confirm that pregnant women need only one dose of the swine flu vaccine, while young children -- 6 months to 9 years of age -- need two doses, U.S. health officials said Monda...
1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials reported Wednesday the addition of another million doses H1N1 swine flu vaccine, bringing the total so far to 23.2 million doses. "We know people are frustrated by the inability to immediately ...
More Swine Flu Vaccine Coming Soon
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The H1N1 swine flu is spreading throughout the United States and vaccine remains in short supply, but federal health officials said Tuesday that more than 22 million doses are now available, with more expected ...
Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It
MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- While acknowledging delays in getting the swine flu vaccine to Americans, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that the vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off t...
Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply
FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Production delays continue to hamper distribution of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, a leading U.S. health official said Friday. The vaccine is growing more slowly in egg-based cultures than manufacturers had antici...
Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- As reports of swine flu infections continue to pour in from across the United States, health experts labored Thursday to explain why delivery of stocks of the long-awaited H1N1 vaccine are falling behind sched...
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved for Children
TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- GlaxoSmithKline's seasonal flu vaccine, Fluarix, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for children aged 3 to 17, the agency said in a news release. The vaccine had been approved for adults...
Many Americans Still Leery of Swine Flu Vaccine
TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the H1N1 swine flu vaccine is distributed coast to coast, many people say they have safety concerns that may stop them from getting vaccinated. Although experts say those fears are unwarranted, a recent...
76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC
FRIDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Underscoring the threat that the H1N1 swine flu poses to children, U.S. health officials said Friday that 76 children have died from the disease since it appeared in April, including 19 in the past week alone. Ov...
Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Lessen Swine Flu Impact
TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The seasonal flu vaccine may offer partial protection against the pandemic H1N1 swine flu, but not enough to prevent a person from catching the swine flu, Mexican researchers say. In a study of hospital patients...
Sebelius Urges Americans to Get Swine Flu Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius renewed her call Wednesday for Americans -- especially those in high-risk groups -- to get vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu, calling the vaccine ...
Officials Stress Safety as Swine FluVaccine Arrives
TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- As Americans begin to receive the first doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, federal health officials stressed again Tuesday the product's safety. During an afternoon press conference, the chief of the U.S. Cent...
Children Need Seasonal Flu Vaccine, Experts Say
THURSDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials continue to stress the need to vaccinate children against seasonal flu, as well as swine flu. An annual vaccine for seasonal flu is recommended for children 6 months to 18 years, according...
Injectable Vaccines More Effective for Adult Flu Than Nasal Sprays
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- If you have the choice between a seasonal flu vaccine that comes in a nasal spray or an injection, go for the injection, new research shows. In a study of adults tracked over one flu season, vaccines made fr...
1 Swine Flu Shot Enough for Older Kids
MONDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who are between 10 and 17 years old will apparently need only one shot of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, according to initial results of ongoing trials, U.S. health officials announced Monday. Children younge...
1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October
FRIDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The first doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will start shipping the first week in October, slightly earlier than expected, U.S. health officials said Friday. These first 3.4 million doses will come in the for...
FDA Approves 4 Swine Flu Vaccines
TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved four H1N1 swine flu vaccines, with the first doses expected to be available within four weeks. "Today's approval is good news for our nation's response...
One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Offers Protection: Studies
THURSDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary tests of an H1N1 swine flu vaccine conducted in Australia and Britain show that a single dose creates enough antibodies to protect against the virus within about 10 days. That's a potentially sign...
Get Your Vaccine for Seasonal Flu, Experts Urge
THURSDAY, Sept 10 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu may be grabbing all the headlines, but seasonal flu poses a real threat this fall, too. And the time to act is now, by getting a seasonal flu shot. Then follow it up with an H1N1 swine flu vaccine wh...
Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe: Experts
FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Despite persistent public concern that H1N1 vaccines being tested might have unforeseen side effects, experts reiterated Thursday that so far, at least, the shots seem safe. "There have been no red flags at all,...
Keep Your Flu Shots Straight This Fall
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- This fall, Americans will face a double challenge in getting shots for two strains of flu -- the H1N1 swine flu and the seasonal variety. "Two different vaccines are probably going to be out there," said Dr. ...
Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe in Early Trials
FRIDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- As the H1N1 swine flu virus continues to circle the globe, producing minor infections similar to seasonal flu, U.S. health officials said Friday that they were on track for a viable vaccine by the fall, with ear...
Swine Flu Vaccine Delay Manageable, Experts Say
THURSDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Health experts do not believe that the delay in receiving swine flu vaccine will thwart the U.S. government's strategy to protect Americans against the newly circulating virus. But having only 45 million doses...
School Kids, Parents Should Get Flu Vaccines First
THURSDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The best way to stop the spread of flu, be it the seasonal flu or swine flu, is to vaccinate those most likely to spread the virus, namely school children and their parents, new research suggests. These recomm...
Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? Answer May Lie in Blood Test
THURSDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A genomic "signature" in blood appears able to identify people who've been exposed to common upper respiratory viruses, such as the cold or flu, even before symptoms develop. In a study involving 60 healthy vol...
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