Understanding The Flu Vaccine

New Recommendations for the Flu Vaccine and Egg Allergies | New York Allergist Dr. Clifford Bassett

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Flu vaccine could save thousands of hospital visits

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CIDRAP >> NEWS SCAN: Bacterial co-infection in H1N1, tracking flu vaccine effectiveness, new BSE cow details, monkeypox scare, honing disease surveillance

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Texting May Help More Kids Get Flu Shots (4/24/2012) | womenshealth.gov

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Text-message reminders increased flu vaccination rates in children

healio.com — “Text-message reminders increased flu vaccination rates in children Young people in a low-income, urban population had an increased rate of influenza vaccinations when they received text-message reminders vs. those assigned to usual-care alone. “Text messaging is a novel approach to increase influenza vaccine” View full resource at healio.com

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Thirty-five percent of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

greenmedinfo.com — “This study abstract concerns - Safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination in a prospective longitudinal study of 31 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.” View full resource at greenmedinfo.com

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Texts prime parents to get kids a flu shot: study | Reuters

reuters.com — “NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research in New York City suggests that sending parents educational text messages about the flu vaccine and where to get it could increase the number of kids and teens protected” View full resource at reuters.com

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Flu Vaccine Rates Improved Via Texting For Low Income Children

medicalnewstoday.com — “According to a study in the April 25 issue of JAMA, the coverage for children to get vaccinated against influenza increased amongst low-income, hard-to-reach, minority children and adol” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Text messaging increases flu vaccination coverage in low-income children

news-medical.net — “A text messaging intervention with education-related messages sent to parents increased influenza vaccination coverage compared with usual care in a traditionally hard-to-reach, low-income, urban, minority population of children and adolescents, although coverage overall remained low, according to a study in the April 25 issue of JAMA.” View full resource at news-medical.net

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Flu drug maker Biota, US company to merge - Yahoo!7 Finance Australia

au.finance.yahoo.com — “Read 'Flu drug maker Biota, US company to merge' on Yahoo!7 Finance Australia. Flu drug developer Biota is moving to the United States, where it says investors will be more understanding of the biotech's value.Biota, which is probably best known as the developer of the flu drug Relenza, ...” View full resource at au.finance.yahoo.com

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Australia's Biota to take over drug maker Nabi - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings has agreed to take over U.S. firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors value biotech research more highly than in Australia. Nabi effectively put itself up for sale after its shares crashed last July as its experimental vaccine against nicotine addiction failed to meet its main target in late stage trials. ...” View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Make poultry farming in northeast more scientific: Aviation flu experts - Yahoo! News India

in.news.yahoo.com — “'Make poultry farming in northeast more scientific: Aviation flu experts' on Yahoo! News India. Agartala, April 22 (IANS) Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu in India's northeast, says a team of international and Indian experts touring the region.” View full resource at in.news.yahoo.com

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CIDRAP >> FLU NEWS SCAN: H1N1 in babies, vaccination in pregnant women, H5N1 in Bhutan, estimating pandemic mortality

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Google's Spring Cleaning, April 2012: Web Giant Kills Off More Products

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Flu vaccine 'linked to narcolepsy' - Yahoo! News UK

uk.news.yahoo.com — “'Flu vaccine 'linked to narcolepsy'' on Yahoo! News UK. Children and teenagers who have been given a flu vaccine are at greater risk of developing narcolepsy, research has found.” View full resource at uk.news.yahoo.com

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