Panel Endorses Flu Vaccine in a Spray for Young Children
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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U.S. health officials said on  Wednesday they approved the Flumist nasal spray influenza  vaccine for children between the ages of two and five.
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Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.
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NEW YORK  - The recommendation by the  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1995 that all children  in the US be given the chickenpox vaccine seems to have paid  off handsomely, a study indicates.
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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted unanimously on Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis Menactra vaccine is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years for the prevention of bacterial meningitis.
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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 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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NEW YORK  - Two new nasally administered  vaccines for respiratory infections are being tested, and  researchers now say that giving them together to young children  appears feasible.
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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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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Data for Sanofi-Aventis' experimental bird flu vaccine support its safety and effectiveness for use in the event of a widespread outbreak, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday.
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NORTH COUNTY ---- San Diego County health officials sought to reassure the public Thursday that flu vaccine would be available to local seniors, small children and others at high risk after reports of a national flu vaccine shortage earlier this week.
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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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(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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By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 14--With the flu season expected to peak next month, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine reported today that vaccinating schoolchildren against the disease reduces not only their risk but that of their families as well.
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A Chinese-developed vaccine against the H5N1 strain of bird flu in humans has been found safe in the first round of tests, a government news agency reported Monday.
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NEW YORK  - 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.