Tamiflu prevents pneumonia in kids, study finds
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Children with flu who are given  Tamiflu, Roche AG's influenza pill, are 53 percent less likely  to develop pneumonia than untreated children, the company  reported on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Young children treated for urinary tract infections are not likely to benefit from continued antibiotic treatment after the infection clears, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week.
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A new version of the nasal spray vaccine FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu shots in older babies and children, according to a study sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A new Sanofi-Aventis  meningitis  vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their  college years is safe and effective but should undergo  longer-term studies if approved, a panel of U.S. experts  concluded on Wednesday.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies
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MedImmune has cleared a significant hurdle to revive its long-troubled nasal flu vaccine, announcing yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved FluMist for children 2 to 5 years old.
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New research finds Tamiflu-resistant strains of the most common flu virus popping up all over the world
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Last year's influenza vaccine was far from a perfect match against the virus that sickened people, but it offered more protection from the illness than experts had previously thought.    In very young children, the shot was found to be 25 percent to 49 percent effective in preventing influenza-like illness, which is a suspected case of flu that wasn't confirmed in a laboratory...
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A cheap drug has been discovered which could cut Aids-related deaths in African children by almost half. Tests on the new antibiotic drug in Zambia were so successful that the trial was halted early to make the drug available more quickly.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Getting the flu shot for a young child protects both the little one and his or her family from getting sick this season, research shows.
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A vaccine targeting a deadly strain of  meningitis proved to be safe and highly effective in protecting  African children, researchers said on Friday, raising hope that  it may help prevent epidemics that afflict many African  countries.
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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding Ag said  on Monday that U.S. health regulators approved its Tamiflu  influenza treatment at two lower doses for children in a form  with a longer shelf life that could be an advantage for use in  stockpiling against a flu pandemic.
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist
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A small Japanese study suggests that influenza viruses are becoming resistant to Tamiflu, a widely used drug that eases the flu&#39;s symptoms, and that the resistance may be more common than thought.
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Giving children antibiotics to ward off  repeat urinary tract infections does not prevent the problem  from returning and leads to infections that are resistant to  the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Manufacturers should  conduct clinical studies to show that over-the-counter cough  and cold medicines are effective in children less than 12 years  old, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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New data presented at the InterScience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington DC confirm that Tamiflu (oseltamivir), an oral neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI), is effective against human and avian H5N1 influenza virus.