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VN:F [1.7.8_1020] please wait... Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) Agriflu (influenza virus vaccine, inactivated) is a vaccine indicated for the active immunization of adults 18 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and type B present in the vaccine. Agriflu is administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in single dose, pre-filled syringes that do not contain preservatives. Agriflu’s common side effects in... Read Full Story

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children who get vaccinated against chickenpox may have a lower risk of developing shingles, a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus, U.S. researchers said on Friday. A study of more than 170,000 children 12 and under who got Merck & Co Inc's chickenpox vaccine between 2002 to 2008 found only 122 cases of shingles or 1 case in 3,700 children who got the vaccine, an unexpectedly low rate, the team reported in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Shingles... Read Full Story

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is requiring new vaccination requirements for students in preschool through ninth grade for the 2009-2010 school year. In 2010, there will be new requirements for all students. “The need for vaccination coverage, based on the disease outbreaks that we’ve had, overrode the need to gradually phase in requirements,” said Sue Bowden, director of KDHE immunization program. While these are new requirements for students to attend school, they have... Read Full Story

Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards. Starting Dec. 14, the HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be on the list of immunizations female immigrants ages 11 to 26 must receive before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the change on Friday. The CDC said it will require immunizations for which there is a public health need either at the... Read Full Story

BY TIM POTTER The Wichita Eagle Thousands of Wichita school district students risk not being able to return to school if they don’t get required vaccinations before Jan. 4, when classes resume after winter break. Middle schools are especially affected because of new state vaccination requirements, said district spokeswoman Susan Arensman. The district has been notifying parents about increased vaccination requirements since last spring . That was in the hope that parents would get... Read Full Story

Federal health experts said Wednesday an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of vaccine experts voted 10-1 in favor of Pfizer's Prevnar 13 to protect against pneumococcal disease. While the FDA is not required to follow the group's advice, its recommendation moves the company closer to expanding the use of a treatment... Read Full Story

Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards. Starting Dec. 14, the HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be on the list of immunizations immigrant females ages 11 to 26 must receive before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the change on Friday. In a Federal Register entry, the CDC said it will require immunizations for which there is a... Read Full Story

Priorities include new vaccines, safety monitoring and improved federal coordination Share What is this? Buzz Digg Facebook More... EMAIL PRINT RSS   FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- More money and better coordination are needed to develop vaccines for serious illnesses for which no vaccinations currently exist, a new U.S. report says. The report, from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), identifies priorities for the... Read Full Story

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. Starting next year an extra 6.3 million children worldwide will have the chance to feel that pinch and get vaccinated against some of the world's deadliest illnesses, according to the GAVI Alliance, a global vaccine partnership that helped organize the Hanoi event. The funding will come... Read Full Story

GENEVA (Reuters) - A vaccine aid group said on Friday it was seeking $4 billion to protect as many as 130 million of the world's poorest children against diarrhea and pneumonia. Children in developed countries are routinely immunized against the bacteria causing those deadly diseases -- namely Hib, pneumococcus and rotavirus -- but in much of Africa, Asia and Latin America, young people remain dangerously exposed. The Geneva-based GAVI Alliance, backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation... Read Full Story