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NEWS ABOUT: influenza

influenza stories: 65 news summaries

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All Schoolkids Should Get Flu Shot, Feds Say

CDC panel proposes vaccinations for additional 30M kids

Feb 27, 08 7:17 PM CST
(Newser) - All schoolchildren in the US should get flu shots, a CDC panel advises. Current guidelines call for shots for those ages 6 months to 5 years, but the new recommendation raises the age to 18, an expansion of 30 million youngsters, the AP reports. The CDC is expected to adopt... More »

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public health • children • vaccination • immunization • flu shot • influenza • flu medications • flu

Flu Shot: Better Luck Next Year

FDA includes new strains in formula

Feb 22, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Next year's influenza vaccine will be reformulated to include three new flu strains in the hope of developing a more potent vaccine than this year's effort, according to US News & World Report. An FDA panel approved the move, following the lead of the World Health Organization. This year's vaccine... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • World Health Organization • flu shot • influenza • Tamiflu • flu • Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics • Brisbane/10 • H3N2 • H1N1/Brisbane/59 • B/Florida • Food and Drug Administration

This Year's Flu Vaccine Missing the Mark

Only 40% effective as unexpected virus strains hit the public

Feb 16, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Flu season peaks in early February and experts say this could be a very bad year. Health officials say that is partly because this year's flu vaccines aren't effective enough, the AP reports. "Every area of the country is experiencing lots of flu right now," said a doctor... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccination • vaccine • virus • drug resistant • flu shot • influenza • flu

Common Flu Exhibits Drug Resistance

Up to 10% of cases in West don't respond to Tamiflu treatment

Feb 1, 08 4:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A widespread strain of the influenza virus is proving to be resistant to a common treatment, Time reports. The H1N1 virus, a subtype of influenza A (not to be confused with H5N1, the avian or bird flu) has shown rates of resistance of up to 10% in Europe, Canada, and... More »

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drug resistant • avian flu • influenza • Tamiflu

FDA May Add Warnings
to Flu Meds

Hallucinations, other side effects seen with Tamiflu, Relenza

Nov 23, 07 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA may change the labels of flu medications Tamiflu and Relenza to warn of serious side effects such as hallucinations, the Wall Street Journal reports. More than 700 so-called neuropsychiatric events—for example, children trying to "flee" by jumping through windows—and 16 deaths may be related to... More »

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Roche Holding • influenza • side effects • neuropsychiatric events • Tamiflu • Relenza

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