Latest Vaccines Stories
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new flu vaccine won regulatory approval on Wednesday and its limited supplies are expected to be available this winter. Protein Sciences won the approval for Flublok, which is made with a process that does not require the virus to be grown in chicken eggs. “This approval represents a technological advance in the manufacturing of an influenza vaccine,” Dr. Karen Midthun, a senior official at the U.S. Food and Drug...
NIH researcher assists in study of Norwegian women Norwegian pregnant women who received a vaccine against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus showed no increased risk of pregnancy loss, while pregnant women who experienced influenza during pregnancy had an increased risk of miscarriages and still births, a study has found. The study suggests that influenza infection may increase the risk of fetal loss. Scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Norwegian Institute of Public...
- Continuing discussion towards further cooperation - QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced the execution of $15,000,000 loan agreement with a major Pharmaceutical company. The principal of the loan is repayable on January 14, 2014 but can...
MERIDEN, Conn., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. FDA approved Flublok for people 18-49 years old - making it the first recombinant vaccine for influenza available on the market. Approval for all people 18 years and above is expected later in 2013. Flublok features: First influenza vaccine made without the use of live influenza virus First egg-free influenza vaccine Highly purified without preservatives (thimerosal), antibiotics or adjuvants Three times the active...
PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced today it has shipped an additional 200,000 doses of flu vaccine to its pharmacies in the U.S. to be administered to customers on site. "This additional quantity of flu vaccine will allow us to meet the needs of our customers to help them remain healthy this season," said Darren Singer, Senior Vice President of Pharmacy. "Our pharmacists administer the vaccine on a walk-in basis. The process is...
Flu in epidemic proportions over parts of the U.S., PF Patients, others with Chronic Lung Disease at 2.5 times higher risk of hospitalization due to flu CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced today it is joining forces with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in spreading the word to Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) patients, families and caregivers about the need for immunizations, most urgently, the flu shot....
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists from the University of Texas-Austin (UTA) recently revealed that they have been able to develop 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria that could boost the effectiveness of vaccines for diseases such as cholera, HPV, the flu, and pertussis. The findings on these strains of E. coli were featured in a recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These strains of E. coli are part of a new...
DALLAS, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While many public health departments and hospitals are experiencing a surge in demand for flu shots, Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc., is reporting an available quantity of flu vaccines available at its 330 national Concentra Urgent Care medical centers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120529/MM15008LOGO) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that 47 states are experiencing widespread flu activity, and...
Fewer than Half of Americans Vaccinated for Flu Last Season WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new review of flu vaccination trends and policies issued by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) found fewer than half of Americans ages 6 months and older were vaccinated against the flu in the last two flu season (2010-11 and 2011-12). For the first time during the 2010-11 flu season, CDC recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and older receive the flu...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The best protection against flu is a strong, responsive immune system. Vaccines work best because they "educate" the immune system to immediately combat viruses to prevent flu. Dietary supplements like Airborne Defense®, EmergenC® and Epicor® claim to help strengthen and balance the immune system. GermBullet® Inhalation Blend helps by reducing the number of viruses that your immune system must fight....
Latest Vaccines Reference Libraries
Neisseria meningitidis is a heterotrophic gram-negative diplococcal bacterium best known for its role in meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality during childhood in industrialized countries and is responsible for epidemics in Africa and in Asia. In the US there are approximately 2500 to 3500 cases of N. meningitides infections. Children under 5 are at a higher risk as well as people in the sub-Saharan...
Poliovirus, the causative agent of poliomyelitis and a member of the family of Picornaviridae, is a human enterovirus. It is composed of an RNA genome that is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA. It was first isolate in 1909 and was published in 1981. It is one of the most well characterized viruses and has become a useful model system for understanding the biology of RNA viruses. It infects human cells by binding to an immunoglobulin-like receptor on the cell surface. The three...
