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FDA approves new bug-based flu vaccine

Amid the most severe influenza season in more than a decade, federal health officials on Wednesday approved a next-generation, insect-based flu vaccine that sidesteps the thorniest parts of production -- and will be used immediately in people willing to test it.

 

City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak

Andrew Cuomo

With the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.

 

Why 64.8 percent of Americans didn't get a flu shot

As the country's flu outbreak becomes an epidemic, odds are that you've had a few sheepish feelings about not doing something you probably should have: Gotten a flu shot. As of this November, the majority of American adults 64.8 percent, to be exact had not received a flu immunization. This wasn't a surprise to researchers: Flu is a disease with one of the lowest vaccination rates.

 

Time for flu shots, and some may get a tiny needle

The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long needle is hitting the market this fall.

 

Well: Vaccines Protect the Youngest Babies

Two new studies offer good news for newborns and children about two different vaccinations -- flu vaccine for pregnant women, and rotavirus vaccine for infants.

 

Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not

Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter enough for more than half the population.

 

Walgreen Laments Slow Flu Season

Fewer vaccinations impact drugstore chain's second-quarter results, which fall short of estimates.

 

Swine flu vaccines begin

Swine flu vaccines begin

For 13-year-old Brandon Marti, the intranasal vaccine felt "good," "cold" and "watery" at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, New York, on Tuesday.

 

US Government Launches Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign

US Government Launches Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign

Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal government launches the most ambitious vaccination campaign in US history.

 

Government to Intensely Track for H1N1 Shot Side Effects

Government to Intensely Track for H1N1 Shot Side Effects

The government is starting an unprecedented system to track possible side effects as mass flu vaccinations begin next month.

 

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