An A/Perth/16/2009 ( H3N2 )-like virus and a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus will also be added in the upcoming influenza vaccine. After Federal Panel’s suggestion to administer next season’s flu vaccine to almost all Americans, …
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The WHO is recommending the H1N1 (swine flu) virus be added to the regular flu vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere’s 2010-2011 regular flu season, the Associated Press reports (2/18). The recommendations, announced Thursday, came after a “closed-door four-day meeting” of WHO influenza experts, Reuters reports. According to the news service, the announcement “means governments that have …
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WHO Recommends H1N1 Be Added To Next Year’s Seasonal Flu Virus (Medical News Today)
The other strains are H3N2 — which like H1N1 is a type of influenza A — and influenza B. Last year, the swine flu pandemic virus, or H1N1, emerged too late to be added to the regular flu vaccine and a new vaccine was needed. …
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Geneva – The flu vaccine for the 2010/2011 winter season in the northern hemisphere is expected to contain three strains of influenza, including A(H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The other two strains …
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WHO: Seasonal flu vaccine expected to include swine flu strain (EARTHtimes.org)
Source: Reuters * Decision comes at WHO meeting of vaccine experts * Means stockpiled swine flu vaccine to be used in mix (Adds WHO statement) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The coming …
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New seasonal flu vaccine to contain H1N1 strain (AlertNet)
WHO decision on flu vaccine strains expected next week Influenza experts will meet from Feb 14 to 19 at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva to decide which flu strains to recommend for use in vaccines for the Northern Hemisphere’s 2010-11 flu season, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a recent question-and-answer statement, the CDC …
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NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine strains, more Salmonella cases, H5N1 in Myanmar (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are partially protected by the influenza vaccine 6-10 months after treatment with rituximab. Researchers determined that while the flu vaccine is safe, it is ineffective for RA patients in the first six months following rituximab treatment.
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Efficacy of flu vaccine drastically reduced for RA patients treated with rituximab (Science Daily)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are partially protected by the influenza vaccine 6-10 months after treatment with rituximab. Researchers determined that while the flu vaccine is safe, it is ineffective for RA patients in the first six months following rituximab treatment. Complete findings of this study are available in the January 2010 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by …
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Efficacy of flu vaccine drastically reduced for RA patients treated with rituximab (EurekAlert!)
The 1918 flu was therefore 500 times as severe as recent seasonal outbreaks. In contrast, the death toll of the 1957 Asian H2N2 flu was about 14 times and the 1968 Hong Kong H3N2 flu about six times more than the death toll of today’s …. Once again, officials remind residents that the swine flu vaccine is now widely available in the county and recommend that everyone gets vaccinated. Anyone feeling flulike symptoms should avoid going to work or school and see a doctor, …
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Influenza experts quietly admit there may be a silver lining to the H1N1 pandemic that erupted this year. In the wake of this pandemic, flu vaccine could be easier to make or could cover more targets.
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Experts say pandemic could have a silver lining (CTV.ca)