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AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations
08/31/2010 10:00 AM
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued updated recommendations for the use of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine and antiviral medications for the prevention and treatment of influenza in children...
European Medicines Agency Starts Review Of Pandemrix
08/29/2010 08:00 AM
The European Medicines Agency has launched a review of Pandemrix on the request of the European Commission to investigate whether there is a link between cases of narcolepsy and vaccination with Pandemrix. A limited number of cases was reported, all collected through spontaneous reporting systems, mainly in Sweden and Finland...
Is Flu Jab Pandemrix Linked To Narcolepsy? European Medicines Agency Investigates
08/27/2010 08:00 PM
The European Commission asked the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to investigate whether GlaxoSmithKline's flu jab, Panemrix is linked to a higher risk of developing narcoplepsy. The EMEA says the investigation is now underway. Some cases of narcolepsy were reported in Finland and Sweden - the EMEA says they were all "collected through spontaneous reporting systems"...
H1N1 Flu Especially Hard On Children With Sickle Cell Disease
08/27/2010 10:00 AM
Children with sickle cell disease are especially hard-hit by the H1N1 flu strain, causing more life-threatening complications than the seasonal flu, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center...
CDC Updates Estimates Of US Flu Deaths
08/27/2010 10:00 AM
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that updated estimates of flu deaths in the US in recent decades show that rather than widely cited annual figure of 36,000, which is too high anyway, the estimated numbers have fluctuated from as low as 3,500 to as high as nearly 49,000, depending on which flu viruses have been prominent...