Influenza Vaccine
Health Encyclopedia: Influenza Vaccine
Vaccine - influenza; Immunization - influenza; Flu shot; Flu vaccine
References
Buonagurio DA, Bechert TM, Yang CF, et. al. Genetic stability of live, cold-adapted influenza virus components of the FluMist/CAIV-T vaccine throughout the manufacturing process. Vaccine. 2005 Nov 21; [Epub ahead of print] .
Harper SA, Fukuda K, Uyeki TM, Cox NJ, Bridges CB; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pre...
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Expert & Community Posts
Avoiding Flu Vaccine Toxicity
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...that is not the case. the people who have got the influenza vaccine the most are people who are... Read more »
How NOT to Win Friends and InFLUence People
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...yourself and others from influenza:Take time to get a flu vaccine. * CDC recommends a... Read more »
New Findings on Flu Shots for Elders Controversial
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...published in Lancet, that questions the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in preventing deaths... Read more »
It’s flu season again, have you had the vaccine?
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine previously.... Read more »
National Flu Vaccine Week -- It's NOT Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot This Year!
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine. Children less... Read more »
Health Guide
Time for a Flu Shot?
...with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu (sometimes called LAIV for "Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine"). LAIV is approved for use in healthy people 5 years to 49 years of age who... Read more »Flu Shots for Chronic Pain Patients: Pros & Cons
Each year as flu season approaches, fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome patients ask me if they should get a flu shot. Since no research has been done on the subject,... Read more »Asthmatics Should Be Cautious of Swine Flu
...how it is spread, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.“The typical influenza vaccine does not provide immunity to swine flu,” said executive vice president Dr.... Read more »Immunizations: Haemophilus Type B
...influenza, one of the most common causes of childhood meningitis (prior to the widespread use of the H. influenza vaccine). The large red-colored objects are cells in the spinal fluid. A vaccine... Read more »Colds and the Flu: Medications
...relief is similar to that for colds. Vaccines are available to prevent influenza (See section on Viral Influenza Vaccines).Two classes of antiviral agents have been developed to treat both... Read more »Images
Medications
...clopidogrel Tell your doctor if you have received flu vaccine in the nose within 2 weeks... Read more »
...clopidogrel Tell your doctor if you have received flu vaccine in the nose within 2 weeks... Read more »
...because a very serious interaction may occur: flu vaccine inhaled through the nose If you... Read more »
This medication is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has not improved with other drugs... Read more »
...others. This medication is not a substitute for the flu vaccine. Consult your doctor about the... Read more »
Related News
Half-Dose Flu Shot
December 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A half-dose flu shot may be just as effective in healthy, young people as a full dose, which could be useful during vaccine... Read summary »
Flu Shot Reduces Blood Clots
November 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's the time of the year get your annual flu shot, and now it could protect you against another danger. In a new study,... Read summary »
Diabetics Short Changed in Nursing Homes
May 29, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nursing home residents who have diabetes may not be getting the kind of care they need to prevent deadly complications of the... Read summary »
Experts recommend change in next year's flu vaccine
February 25, 2009An expert panel that advises the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended changing one of the three strains of flu included in this... Read summary »
Protecting Newborns from the Flu
October 31, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The most effective way to protect newborn babies from the flu virus may be to vaccinate new mothers and other family members... Read summary »
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