FDA panel backs Aventis long-acting meningitis vaccine -
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The panel voted unanimously that Menactra is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years. The new meningitis vaccine could prevent the often fatal disease from infecting the highest risk group
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A mercury-based vaccine preservative did not appear to affect language or other similar brain functions in children, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in the first of a series of studies meant to lay to rest the controversy over thimerosal.
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Health chiefs are considering a new jab to protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.
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A second Food and Drug Administration advisory committee agreed that healthy children as young as 9 could be given the stimulant dextroamphetamine in an experiment, concurring with an ethics panel&#39;s recommendation last week.
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A new type of meningitis vaccine boosted the immunity of infants as young as six months, offering a potential new weapon against this deadly disease, British and Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
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The deadly meningitis epidemics that sweep across Africa killing many thousands of children could be ended by a new vaccine which has just been successfully trialled, scientists say today.
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A FEDERAL ADVISORY panel late last week recommended an easing of government restrictions on the nation&#39;s flu shot supply. The panel now recommends the shot for everyone age 50 and older.
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Sep 10, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - A test of smallpox vaccine made by Aventis Pasteur in the 1950s show it is still effective even when diluted, suggesting that the United States has more than enough vaccine for everyone, according to a report this week in
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The U.S. Health and Human Services  Department said on Tuesday it had ordered 2 million doses of  avian influenza vaccine from Aventis Pasteur Inc.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Merck & Co's experimental AIDS drug Isentress merits approval, a panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration late Friday declined to endorse AstraZeneca&#39;s anti-stroke drug, Exanta.
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A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers said Wednesday that they were satisfied with the safety and effectiveness of a longer-lasting vaccine against bacterial meningitis, which is especially deadly among otherwise healthy teenagers and young adults.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded use of the FluMist vaccine for children and revised meningococcal vaccination guidelines for teens are part of new immunization recommendations released Friday.
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Scientist chairing panel assessing risks to children from food additives denies conflict of interest.
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday  approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza  vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, bringing the U.S. total to 65  million vaccines for this flu season.
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Teen-agers and preteens should be  routinely immunized against meningitis using Sanofi-Aventis's  newly approved Menactra, U.S. vaccine advisers agreed on  Thursday.