Studies find lower dose flu vaccine work as well as full dose
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(National) Nov. 3, 2004 - Two new studies compare a 40 percent and a 20 percent dose of flu vaccine to the full dose and found both worked just as well as the standard in healthy young adults.
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During last year's influenza  season, the number of infants and toddlers in the US who were  vaccinated against the flu varied by tenfold between different  locations, according to a new report.
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Federal health officials said yesterday that 2.6million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at an American-owned manufacturing plant in Britain.
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Unfortunately, when we&#39;re talking about flu vaccinations and not Cabbage Patch dolls, the bottom line is very different for those most vulnerable to illness - the elderly and the very young.
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The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases increased nationwide.
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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.
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Animals that have previously been vaccinated against seasonal flu appear to respond far quicker to experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccines, a study has found.
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It may be possible to stretch the supply of flu vaccine by giving some people reduced doses that are injected into the skin instead of the usual site, a muscle, researchers are reporting.
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A new vaccine gives women at least several years of protection from the virus blamed for most cases of cervical cancer, according to the findings of a University of Washington-led study announced yesterday.
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The flu vaccinations that doctors hoped would save the lives of fragile elderly people have apparently failed to lower death rates, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Marcia Tolin spent the better part of a day last week trying to find FluMist, the nasal spray that&#39;s now the only option for healthy people ages 5 to 49 who want vaccine protection against the flu this fall.
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Korean researchers say they've had success with an oral flu vaccine that many people will find preferable to needles or inhalants.
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Only 2 percent of U.S. adults last year got a shot that can protect them from painful bouts of shingles, health officials said on Wednesday in a study that shows what they call unacceptably low rates of adult vaccination against a range of diseases.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...
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The first head-to-head comparison of the flu shot and the new FluMist inhalable vaccine found shots surprisingly more effective in adults. The study, involving about 1,250 Michigan adults, found that a needle in the arm was 67 percent to 77 percent successful at preventing the flu, depending on the measurement method. The nasal spray was 30 percent to 57 percent effective.