Healthy Adults Can Split Vaccine, Study Finds
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Is it possible for one dose to protect 5 healthy adults from getting the flu? Yes, according to studies in this week&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine.
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U.S. health officials on  Friday approved the first vaccine to prevent shingles, a  painful disease characterized by a blistering rash that affects  nearly 1 million, mostly older adults every year.
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Diluting smallpox vaccine that is more than 50 years old is almost 100 percent effective, which means the current US stockpile can be expanded if needed, a new study found.
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A cervical cancer vaccine cold cut deaths by three quarters if given to all 12-year-old girls, a study says.
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NEW YORK  - Two versions of the Hib  vaccine, which protects against serious infections caused by a  bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae b, appear to have  different effects in elderly adults and infants, new research  shows.
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WASHINGTON - Most healthy adults should delay or skip getting flu shots this year so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies, U.S. health officials said Tuesday as they scrambled to manage a surprise - and record - shortage...
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HONOLULU -- The Health Department is asking healthy adults not to get flu shots because of a drastic shortage of vaccine this year.
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Fueling the continuing debate over the safety of the popular hepatitis B vaccine, a new study suggests that it contributes to a tiny increase in the number of multiple sclerosis cases.
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People could be risking their lives if they take even moderately high doses of vitamin E, mounting evidence suggests. The latest study by Johns Hopkins University found people who took even half of the recommended
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Vaccines aren't just for kids, but far too few grown-ups are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal health officials reported Wednesday.
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With much of Maine&#39;s supply of influenza vaccine suddenly in jeopardy, state health officials are urging healthy adults not to get flu shots so that enough medication
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The panel said the shots should be available to all people 50 and older and people who come in close contact with those at high risk of the viral illness.
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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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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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An experimental vaccine can trigger the body to fight a type of leukemia that largely affects adults, and can even send recipients into remission.
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Scientists reported yesterday that flu vaccine given in lower doses appears to provide as much protection to younger adults as regular-strength shots and could
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.