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Public health officials, doctors concerned that more kids won't get flu vaccine this year
Public health officials, doctors concerned that more kids won't get flu vaccine this year
Please enable Javascript to watch this videoKANSAS CITY, Mo.-- More than one-third of kids didn't get vaccinated against flu last year.Public health officials are concerned that more won't get protection this year even though there's enough vaccine.
in the same way indiatimes
Now, a single vaccine for all flu
Now, a single vaccine for all flu
LONDON: A new generation of universal flu vaccines has been designed to protect against the future global pandemics that could potentially kill millions of people.The vaccine, designed by an international team of scientists, has the potential to give protection for up to 88 per cent of known flu strains worldwide in a single shot, spelling the end of the winter flu season, the researchers said."The components of this universal flu vaccine would be short flu virus fragments -- called epitopes -- that are already known to be recognised by the immune system.Our collaboration has found a way to select epitopes reaching full population coverage," said Pedro Reche of Complutense University, Madrid, Spain"Every year researchers choose a strain of flu as the vaccine, hoping that it will protect against next year's strains.
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Scientists design new universal flu vaccine to protect against future global pandemics
Scientists design new universal flu vaccine to protect against future global pandemics
An international team of scientists have designed a new generation of universal flu vaccines to protect against future global pandemics that could kill millions.The vaccine could give protection for up to 88% of known flu strains worldwide in a single shot, spelling the end of the winter flu season.The collaboration involving the universities of Lancaster, Aston and Complutense in Madrid have applied ground-breaking computational techniques to design the vaccine in a study published in the leading journal Bioinformatics.
furthermore washingtonpost
CDC officials worry that new flu vaccine recommendations could reduce use
CDC officials worry that new flu vaccine recommendations could reduce use
A Walgreen store in Indianapolis advertises flu shots.(Darron Cummings/AP)Flu season is about to start, and public health officials are worried that their recommendation earlier this year to avoid using the nasal spray version of the annual vaccine will result in fewer people getting protection.The CDC has recommended annual flu shots for everyone ages 6 months and older for the past six years.
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