Science news articles about 'flu vaccine'

ATLANTA (AP) -- Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to make a record number of doses for next flu season despite concerns that demand may drop because this year's vaccine was largely ineffective....

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it has received regulatory approval to sell its H5N1 bird flu vaccine to European countries.

The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus, scientists report....

SEATTLE, July 17 (UPI) -- A California company says its early-stage testing of a new bird-flu vaccine for humans looks promising.

... previous studies done by others," he explained. "Those studies may have overestimated the benefits of the flu vaccine in the elderly for various reasons." For instance, those studies looked only at ...

... about flu strains circulating and selects three strains so that manufacture can begin and sufficient flu vaccine is available in the fall. By the time that production normally begins, though, it may ...

... period against threatening viruses. Over the long term, this research offers possibilities to protect bacteria used in industrial processes against viral infections by giving them a 'flu vaccination'.

A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Delivering flu vaccines straight into the lungs instead of through routine injections could trigger a far stronger immune response, a study has found.

Experts question U.S. fears over bird flu vaccine becoming a bioweapon.

... In contrast, the Canadian province of Ontario initiated a universal immunization program in 2000, in which flu vaccination is promoted and provided free of charge to everyone over the age of 6 months ...

... Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. "Influenza vaccination has been recommended for adolescents with high-risk conditions ... 56 percent of adolescents received no flu vaccinations during this four-year period ...

ROME, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A health official said Italy does not have enough flu vaccine to go around this year.

Every year, myths about the flu vaccine spread as widely as the flu itself.

... work and illness during the influenza seasons," the authors write. When averaged over all the seasons, flu vaccination was associated with a reduction of one-half day of illnesses, so that one day ...