Public Health England (PHE) is telling GPs to prioritise at-risk under-18s for this year's nasal flu vaccine due to a delay in supplies from the manufacturer of around a quarter of the overall amount of vaccine ordered by the NHS. AstraZeneca advised PHE that some batches of Fluenz ...
All children aged 2 years in England—around 650000 in total—will be offered a nasal flu vaccine from September 2013 as part of new vaccines schedules announced by the Department of Health and Public Health England. A small number of pilots to vaccinate primary and pre-school aged children ...
It is estimated that a Universal flu vaccine is still 5 – 10 years away. In the meantime, health professionals recommend that people should continue to use the currently available vaccine, especially for those at higher risk. (pregnant women, children, over-65 and those with certain medical c...
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Flu vaccination is to be extended to all children aged between 2 and 17, at a cost of ￡100m (€127m; $155m) a year. But how the vaccine will be administer... N Hawkes - 《Bmj》 被引量: 4发表: 2012年 Seasonal flu vaccination for young children can be resumed - Updated advice...
In the UK the NHS offers the annual flu vaccine to children and adults with underlying health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, as well as to all over-65s and pregnant women. Professor Azeem Majeed, co-senior author from the School of Public Health at Imperial added: "There are few st...
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The vaccine is also available for people aged 65 and over, pregnant women, people with other long-term health conditions, health workers, carers, and children aged 2-16 years. In the UK, vaccination is free of charge for people in these groups. ...
The influenza vaccine, which is based on the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins, confers immunity only to the particular strain or set of strains including in the vaccine, and immunity to one strain or subtype, whether acquired through infection or vaccination, does not prevent susceptibility to...
NHS trusts and general practices in England should start receiving the first batches of the swine flu vaccine from next week, according to the Department of Health (DH). Front line health workers, pregnant women and people aged over 65 will be first in line to receive the vaccine, along wit...