A new survey of healthcare workers in Hong Kong has found that more than half of these workers said they will not get vaccinated because they fear side effects or do not believe it will be effective.
For months the question has been whether we could gear up production of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus -- formerly swine flu -- fast... Read more »
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U.S. health officials say an effective H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be available by fall, with the shot appearing to be safe in early clinical trials. Read more »
(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 more »