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28 September 2010, Copenhagen

WHO/Europe has released interim recommendations on influenza vaccination for the 2010/2011 winter season.

The document provides advice to the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region related to specific risk groups to be targeted for vaccination, the influenza viruses to be included in vaccination and vaccine safety.

During the 2009/2010 influenza season in the northern hemisphere, the dominant circulating influenza virus was pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Many countries deployed pandemic H1N1 vaccine, targeting risk groups according to the July 2009 recommendations of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization. Read more…

Sep 17, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine generated more adverse-event reports than recent seasonal flu vaccines, but this was probably due in part to heavy publicity, and the vaccine’s safety profile appears similar to that of seasonal vaccines, according to a new analysis by federal scientists.

The researchers, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), found that serious adverse events (AEs)—particularly Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), anaphylaxis, and death—were rare, at less than two of each per-million people vaccinated, according to their early-release report in Vaccine. Read more…

Swine flu

The influenza virus constantly changes shape, thereby becoming immune to the protective antibodies, so the individual populations (swine, poultry or people) may be susceptible even if they had the flu or chickenpox were vaccinated against influenza. Every two or three years, the virus undergoes minor changes … Read more…

The state government has returned swine flu vaccines to the Centre following the refusal of medical practitioners to take it doubting its effectiveness and possible side effects. The state government had procured the vaccine from the Centre after the state was hit by H1N1 virus last year.
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More than 690,000 Americans have already received this season’s flu vaccine from their doctor, according to SDI’s VaccineTrack® data through Sept. 4. VaccineTrack® provides syndicated weekly vaccine usage by physicians based on medical office electronic healthcare reimbursement claims data.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced an unprecedented campaign to combat seasonal flu through a universal vaccination strategy. CDC removed many restrictions and currently supports seasonal influenza vaccination for all persons 6 months of age and older based on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises CDC on vaccine issues. Read more…

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) — Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) experts underscored the importance of mandatory influenza vaccination Sept. 9 and clarified how and why a new vaccine is developed and produced annually.

“Early annual immunization is the best method to help combat the effects of influenza as no two influenza strains are exactly alike,” said Cmdr. Chris Clagett, Navy physician and head of NMCPHC preventive medicine.
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H1N1 protection

The sting of vaccinations won’t be as harsh this flu season as it was last year.

Seasonal flu vaccinations this year will include coverage against the H1N1 virus, saving patients time, money and the added prick associated with last year’s separate H1N1 vaccination, according to medical experts.

Crates of the flu shots are starting to arrive at hospitals throughout Montgomery County, spurring medical professionals to roll out their annual campaigns that encourage residents to get vaccinated. For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging everyone over 6 months ancient to receive the vaccine this year. With ample preparation time for this year’s flu season and increased production, hospitals, pharmacies and clinics should have enough vaccines to go around, said Dr. Drew White, the chairman and medical director of the emergency department at Washington Adventist Hospital.

“Annual flu vaccines are the best defense against the flu for children or adults,” he said. “That’s a common question. ‘What’s the best thing I can do?’ And it’s get an annual flu vaccine.”

Between April 2009 — when H1N1 broke out — and April 10, 2010, there have been about 61 million infections and 12,500 deaths related to H1N1, according to the CDC website. Read more…

PHOENIX – Flu season is just around the corner and flu shots are now available in Arizona.

Many flu clinics open Monday, but what you may not realize is that this year’s flu shot has been made to protect you from more than just the seasonal flu.

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