Posts Tagged ‘Respiratory Diseases’

Pregnant Women, Health-Care Workers Top Swine Flu Vaccine Candidates

30th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Women who are pregnant, children 6 months and older and health-care workers should all get top priority when the H1N1 swine flu vaccine arrives this fall, a U.S. government advisory panel recommended late Wednesday.
Added to that list of first-line recipients are parents and caregivers of infants, non-elderly adults with risky medical problems and young adults [...]

Summer Gives No Relief From Swine Flu

20th June 2009 by admin No Comments

About 7% of the population in areas highly affected by H1N1 swine flu report influenza-like symptoms, a spokesperson for the CDC said during a news briefing today.
Daniel Jernigan, MD, MPH, deputy director of the Influenza Division at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, provided an update about the H1N1 pandemic, [...]