We don't do vaccines so much here, so I missed it last Sunday (Sept. 20) when it was posted over at JustTheVax, but there's an excellent summary of this year's swine flu vaccine offerings by Science Mom. It's hard to keep track of all this stuff so this is really valuable, and I know many readers here are interested. Thanks to Science Mom.
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by revere, cross-posted from Effect Measure
I just got my seasonal flu shot. It was free and my medical center is encouraging everyone to get one. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I didn't feel it at all, but in all honesty, I hardly felt it. They must be using smaller needles these days…
I just got my seasonal flu shot. It was free and my medical center is encouraging everyone to get one. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I didn't feel it at all, but in all honesty, I hardly felt it. They must be using smaller needles these days. Anyway, given that most circulating flu…
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There are a couple of things that Im getting over and over and over, from readers/friends/family/overheard in the grocery store, and its driving me nuts.
READ THIS NPR SUMMARY
1. Just call it swine flu. Thats what we all call it. H1N1 variants are completely normal components of generic seasonal…
So, after reading this I am still left wondering something I have been thinking about for the past week....was GSK's vaccine not approved (*yet*) by FDA here in the US because they have attempted to license their adjuvanted "Pandemrix" product (which was recently approved in Europe), whereas the other manufacturers all had unadjuvanted vaccines ready for licensing ?
if a modest plug is allowed, the update of the vaccines gone through the EMEA licensing process is done and available here:
http://justthevax.blogspot.com/2009/09/eu-approves-gsk-pandemrix-and-no…