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Flu Season - The Most Miserable Time Of The Year!

18 hours ago ago from Swine Flu Vaccine / Flu Vaccination

Introduction Flu (influenza) season means the months of the year when a lot of people have it and it's easy to catch. Outbreaks usually begin suddenly and occur mainly in the late fall and winter. It is a respiratory infection caused by a number of different viruses. Vaccines are usually given in the fall, before flu season starts and are available as a shot or nasal mist. Shots are most important for: people 65 or older, nursing home ...

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Is there a chance the swine flu vaccine will be dangerous?

15 hours ago ago from Swine Flu Solutions News and Resources

Mark asked: In the 1976 swine flu scare, more people died from Guillain-Barr Syndrome which they developed as a result of the vaccine, than died from the disease itself. What are the potential risks involved with the Swine Flu vaccine 33 years later? I assume those in charge of developing the vaccine are trying very hard to avoid a repeat of the past disastrous mistakes. I do notice that the media are very quiet about the vaccine ...

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Vaccine industry is being revived: New technology, greater funding and higher profits are a shot in the arm for advances/ LA Times

22 hours ago ago from Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

Breakthroughs in technology, increased funding and higher profits are spurring a boom in vaccine discovery and development that could save or improve the lives of millions of people by attacking such scourges as cancer and malaria. Three new vaccines arrived on the market in 2006, the most in a single year. They include vaccines for the human papillomavirus, linked to cervical cancer, and for rotavirus, which causes severe diarrhea and ...

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Pneumonia Investigating the Rise of Lung Infections Among US Troops

17 hours ago ago from Health Specialist

Between March 2003 and March 2004, US soldiers in Iraq have been hit at a higher than normal rate by a rare type of disease. A disease characterized by fever, respiratory failure, and an infiltration of the lungs. It has been diagnosed in 18 US soldiers. Two fatalities have been recorded thus far. The report was based on records provided by the Journal of the American Medical Association. While there are a number of medical theories about the ...

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H1N1 vaccine ready, India napping

20 hours ago ago from MeDiCaLGeeK

NEW DELHI: The first batches of swine flu vaccine rolled out from Baxter Inc labs on Friday but there's little to cheer for India. While the first supplies from Baxter went to the British health network, subsequent batches from Baxter and other pharma companies have been booked by countries such as US and UK which are stockpiling the vaccine to ward off a harsher bout of swine flu. While huge quantities 195 million and 90 million doses ...

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