Flu Vaccine without Eggs Is Unavailable in HawaiiSTAR-ADVERTISER / JAN. 2015Rose Rosario, LPN, administers a flu vaccination to Dione Ortiz at...Watanabe, June
or it mutates to a degree that the vaccine product stimulates antibodies that don't neutralize the virus — or the wild virus mutates to an extent that the vaccine doesn't work against it. And there's always the frightening prospect that wild birds...
Manufacturing flu vaccines is a slow process that relies on eggs.But scientists hopemRNA flu vaccinescould offer a quicker, cheaper, and more effective alternative. Some flu vaccines are already made without eggs. One makes use of a virus synthesized in insect cells.Egg-free vaccines might even...
The UK government has agreed to a contract for more than 5 million doses of a vaccine designed to protect people from the H5 bird flu virus.The vaccine is being procured as part of pandemic preparedness plans and will be used only if the virus starts spreading among humans. (UK Health Se...
There is currently no vaccine available to the public. The government does have a supply of a vaccine for one type of H5N1 bird flu virus and could distribute it if there was an outbreak that spread easily from person to person. How did H1N1 spread from pigs to humans?
Tiredness, coughing, a runny nose and a sore throat—among all sicknesses there is probably none more common than the flu, which we all get now and then.However, bird flu is a completely different story.Ten years ago, the H5N1 bird flu swept across 15 countries, including China, with ...
There had long been an interest in developing an intranasal LAIV. The intramuscular version of the vaccine, termed injectable influenza vaccine (IIV), had been used for decades and offered consistent, modest protection against flu infection. However, advocates for a live, intranasal version argued ...
Tiredness, coughing, a runny nose and a sore throat-among all sicknesses there is probably none more common than the flu(流感), which we all get now and then.However, bird flu is a completely different story. In 200...
Help! I've been exposed to swine flu. What should I do? If I think I have swine flu, what should I do? How does swine flu spread? How is swine flu treated? Is there a vaccine against the new swine flu virus? I had a flu vaccine this season. Am I protected against swine flu?
Live birds are banned at agricultural fairs during bird flu outbreaks to avoid spreading infection. There are multiple strains of avian influenza. What type is this outbreak, and is it dangerous to humans? The virus of concern in this outbreak is a Eurasian H5N1 HPAI virus that causes high mo...