Cvs, Walgreen Have Spot Flu-vaccine Shortages as Demand Leaps
CVS MinuteClinics in Austin, Texas, and New York ran out of the seasonal-flu vaccine within the past week before restocking, according to calls to 13 stores by Bloomberg News. Calls to eight Walgreen stores in Manhattan on Oct. 5 determined none had it at the time. There are also shortages in the South and Southeast, [...]
Latex Allergy Linked to Adverse Reaction to Swine Flu Shot
While the short-term reaction occurred at the time of vaccination, the cause hasnt been determined, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners said in a statement on its Web site yesterday. The nations drug regulator is investigating the case, the doctors group said.
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Sebelius: Americans Should Get Flu Vaccination
Sebelius unconditionally vouched for the safety of the vaccine, saying it “has been made exactly the same way seasonal vaccine has been made, year in and year out.”
Appearing on morning news shows to step up the Obama administrations campaign for vaccinations, Sebelius said that “the adverse effects are minimal. … We know its [...]
Poll: Third Of Parents Oppose Swine Flu Vaccine
Some parents say they are concerned about side effects from the new vaccine – even though nothing serious has turned up in tests so far – while others say swine flu doesnt amount to any greater health threat than seasonal flu.
Jackie Shea of Newtown, Conn., the mother of a 5-year-old boy named Emmett, says the [...]
Test Aids Vaccine In Africa, Hiv Co-discoverer Montagnier Says
South Africa has more people infected with HIV than any other nation, and is home to the strain of the virus responsible for more than half the worlds cases, according to the New York- based International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
“If a vaccine [...]
Cocaine Vaccine May Help Addicts Avoid Relapse, Study Shows
Not all of the patients responded to the vaccine at the same rate. Urine tests showed about 45 percent of those who had the strongest response to the vaccine were entirely free of cocaine, compared with 35 percent of those who got placebo injections or who didnt form as many antibodies, according to the study [...]
Vaccine-like Shots Help Fight Cocaine Addiction
The shots didnt work perfectly, but the researchers say their limited success is promising enough to suggest the intriguing vaccine approach could be widely used to treat addiction within several years.
“It is such an important study. It clearly demonstrates … that it is possible to generate vaccine that could interfere with cocaine actions in the [...]
Swine Flu Pandemic May Spur Universal Vaccine, Scientists Say
Preparations for the pandemic have already helped more than double worldwide vaccine manufacturing capacity to 900 million doses from 400 million, the scientists from Novartis AG, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Erasmus University and the World Health Organization said in the article.
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Suppliers Face Winter Flu Vaccine Delays, Cutbacks
The biggest makers of seasonal flu vaccines in the U.S. are running into delays or cutting back shipments – partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the new swine flu vaccine.
Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur said it has shipped more than half of the 50.5 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine ordered and [...]
Sanofi Ceo to Shop For Biotech, Vaccine, Nonprescription Deals
Sanofi has already spent 6.2 billion euros ($9 billion) this year to buy health-care companies and products as part of a strategy to bolster “five growth platforms,” Viehbacher, 49, said yesterday at the companys New York offices. Viehbacher said Paris-based Sanofi is especially interested in expanding its vaccine operations, noting Johnson & Johnsons purchase this [...]