Vaccines

Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved
Yahoo! | 40 minutes ago
HANOI, Vietnam ? Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
Yahoo! | 40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON ? First mammograms. Now in an apparent coincidence Pap smears.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Yahoo! | 40 minutes ago
ATLANTA ? Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
Yahoo! | 46 minutes ago
MARIETTA, Pa. ? Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.

US sees fall in swine flu rate
Yahoo! | 46 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) ? US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.

Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO
Yahoo! | 46 minutes ago
GENEVA (AFP) ? The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.

US company could make flu vaccine abroad after snub
Yahoo! | 49 minutes ago
BETHESDA, Maryland (AFP) ? A US company said it would consider making its innovative flu vaccine abroad after a panel of experts advising the US drug regulator voted not to recommend it for approval.

Many L.A.-area hospitals see flu cases leveling off
Los Angeles Times | 50 minutes ago
The unpredictable H1N1 strain may have peaked, and some credit vaccinations.

Flu shot roulette
Chicago Tribune | 58 minutes ago
If you lived in Kendall County and wanted the H1N1 vaccine last week, you were in luck. Kendall had received 18,000 doses and you could get vaccinated in a matter of minutes in a nurse's office. The county hadn't exhausted its supply of vaccine: At that time it was holding more than 8,000 doses that no one had requested yet.

NOVEMBER 21, 2009 Swine Flu Seen as Cresting H1N1 Is Still Widespread and Can Resurge, Officials Warn; Mutation in Norway
Barron's (subscription required) | 1 hour 35 minutes ago
The current wave of swine flu may have peaked in most of the U.S., but the illness remains widespread and the threat of another wave remains, officials said Friday.

CDC: H1N1 cases decrease as vaccine availability increases
CNN | 1 hour 43 minutes ago
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.

Twin Cities flu clinics set for this weekend
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 1 hour 47 minutes ago
Flu clinics held across the state this week have been popular -- but not too popular, say health officials.

H1N1 Is Still Widespread and Can Resurge, Officials Warn; Mutation in Norway
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 hour 51 minutes ago
The current wave of swine flu may have peaked in most of the U.S., but the illness remains widespread and the threat of another wave remains, officials said Friday.

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
Yahoo! | 1 hour 51 minutes ago
ATLANTA ? When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

In Ukraine, pandemic is political
Washington Post, The | 2 hours 6 minutes ago
Fear pervades nation where government is mistrusted, health system is weak