The flu shot may soon be replaced by a patch that would deliver the vaccine without any pain, according to researchers.
The new patch, being developed at Emory University, has ten rows of ten microneedles. These microneedles are said to be invisible to the naked eye and deliver the vaccine without even so much as feeling [...]
A recent study shows the H1N1 flu could pose an increased risk of severe illness to pregnant woman.
The study, initiated by the California Department of Health, followed 94 pregnant women, 8 postpartum, and 137 women that were not pregnant, all of which were hospitalized with H1N1 during a four month period in 2009.
One third of [...]
France overestimated the amount of H1N1 vaccines their country would need by more than 29 million shots, according to a statement by their Health Ministry.
Thinking that each person would need two shots of the vaccine, the French government initially paid 869 million euros ($1.25 billion) for 94 million individual vaccines. Medical experts now say that [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fluzone High-Dose, an inactivated influenza virus vaccine for people ages 65 years and older to prevent disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B.
People in this age group are at highest risk for seasonal influenza complications, which may result in hospitalization and death. Annual vaccination remains [...]
