Don’t expect ‘vaccine cops’ to enforce H1N1 priority list

By William Mullen
Tribune reporter
September 29, 2009
 
When the first shipments of swine flu vaccine begin arriving in coming weeks, federal officials want only people on priority lists to line up for the first 45 million doses, but there won’t be “vaccine police” enforcing it.
The vaccines will be distributed to 90,000 health providers, including hospitals, clinics, [...]

Canada: BC ‘might suspend’ seasonal vaxx shots

Some provinces already have in wake of H1N1 study

 
By Katie DeRosa, Times ColonistSeptember 27, 2009

With Dr. Bonnie Henry of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control looking on, Dr. Perry Kendall holds a press conference in August in Vancouver to discuss H1N1 flu concerns and preparations. Kendall, the provincial health officer, is expected to address the [...]

Missouri confirms 370 new cases in past 2 weeks

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri colleges and universities reported about 370 new flu cases two weeks ago. The Columbia Missourian reports the total numbers of cases went up from the previous week as more schools report to the American College Health Association’s Pandemic Influenza Surveillance. The survey includes five to 10 schools from Missouri, including [...]

New Drugs May Attack Flu, but Not in Time

ANDREW POLLACK

Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 8:44 a.m.

Besides the vaccines aimed at preventing flu, new drugs are on the way to treat it once it strikes. But it is not clear whether they will arrive in time to make a difference in thwarting the H1N1 flu [...]

Egypt: Reports at Tanta Hospital of 13 new H1N1 patients and 7 new H5N1 patients

Tanta Fever Hospital was detained and released Tanta and Mahala viruses and viruses Mansoura and Minshawi year, 13 new cases suspected of contracting the disease of swine flu, including people coming from Saudi Arabia and children with symptoms similar to symptoms of the disease on them. ….On the other hand, held the Tanta Fever Hospital [...]

CDC says rapid antigen tests ‘miss more than half’ of H1N1 cases

Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:24pm EDT
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of rapid influenza tests found they miss many cases of swine flu and U.S. health experts said on Thursday they are not worth the trouble for this flu season.
A study looking at the effectiveness of a rapid flu test in the first few [...]

Seasonal flu shot may increase H1N1 risk: early data

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | 10:03 PM ET
CBC News
Preliminary research suggests the seasonal flu shot may put people at greater risk for getting swine flu, CBC News has learned.
“This is some evidence that has been floated. It hasn’t been validated yet, it’s very preliminary,” cautioned Dr. Don Low, microbiologist-in-chief at Mount Sinai Hospital [...]

WHO: Over 200 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe

2009-09-23 08:19 BJT
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — A European health agency said on Tuesday that 204 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 192 were confirmed in Germany, 11 in Switzerland and one in Romania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in [...]

Benefit and Doubt in Vaccine Additive

By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: September 21, 2009

Are Americans obligated to use an unproven vaccine to help protect people in other countries from the flu pandemic?
That is the crux of a debate over adjuvants — a class of substances that somewhat mysteriously increase the potency of vaccines. Early studies suggest that adjuvants (pronounced AD-joo-vants) could allow four [...]

U.S. health workers worry about swine flu vaccine

Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:15am EDT
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health department staffers scrambling to answer 100 calls a day. Harried hospital workers rushing to swab hundreds of sore throats. Out of practice school nurses learning how to give vaccines all over again.
City and state health department officials from across the [...]