Giving smaller doses of flu vaccine may extend its effectiveness
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New research suggests that the flu vaccine supply can be stretched by giving younger people smaller doses of the vaccine -- but it doesn&#39;t work on older people.
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PARIS -- A new technique for making human vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus produces inoculations that are effective at very low doses, potentially solving the vexing problem of how the world will make adequate numbers of shots in the event of a flu pandemic. In an article published online today by the journal Lancet, Chinese researchers at the ...
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with good reason, health officials say. More vaccine is available. And after a few early cases of flu in Missoula
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are considering easing the restrictions.
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With flu season upon us and vaccines in short supply, talk about the flu is everywhere. Yet there&#39;s still confusion about who&#39;s eligible for the shots, what medications can help treat flu, and even what flu is.
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Injecting flu vaccine into the skin instead of muscle could stretch limited supplies, two studies reported Wednesday. Researchers injected less than half the standard flu vaccine dose into the skin.
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Researchers say that they reckon the flu vaccine can be diluted so that more people can get their shots. If the diluted vaccine is injected intradermally it can still be effective in providing the patient with immunity.
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Injecting flu vaccine in a different way could at least double the number of people afforded protection. But they&#39;re not the people who need it most, and the technique
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.
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A Dutch study suggests elderly people who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes. Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals
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Michigan has a little less than half the flu vaccine doses needed for priority groups, including the chronically ill and the elderly, health officials said Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Exercising the muscle where a flu shot is injected may improve the immune system's response to the vaccine, UK researchers report.
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More flu vaccine, this time from Germany, will be available to help alleviate the US crunch, but that still will leave the country with just two-thirds of the roughly 100 million doses initially expected.
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With flu vaccines in short supply, federal health officials are advising the nation's elderly to get vaccinated against pneumonia, the most common serious complication of the flu.
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Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at a British manufacturing plant.
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Separate flu shots in the spring and fall can protect children against infection and is easier on parents than giving two doses a month apart in the fall, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Washington.