Press Release from NIH (National Institutes of Health) 02 November 2010 WHAT: Secondary infections with bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia, were a major cause of death during the 1918 flu pandemic and may be important in modern pandemics as well, according to a new article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases co-authored […]
Do Flu Vaccinations for Pregnant Women Protect Infants?
By: Nancy Solomon 18 October 2010 NIH-Funded Vaccine Research at SLU Also Examines Mom’s Immune Response ST. LOUIS – In the wake of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the National Institutes of Health has launched a clinical trial that studies the seasonal flu vaccine in pregnant women. Saint Louis University, one of the Vaccine and […]
Twin Research Registry at SRI International Seeks Bay Area Twin Pairs for Seasonal Flu Vaccine Study at Stanford University
Published by SRI International 12 October 2010 SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development institute, is seeking healthy fraternal and identical twin pairs for the second year of a flu vaccine study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. This year’s vaccine covers both the seasonal and the H1N1 flu. The goal of the […]
A year from now, babies could get a higher dose of flu vaccine
By: Kay Quinn, Healthbeat Reporter 11 October 2010 St. Louis, MO (KSDK) — A year from now, babies could be getting a higher dose of flu vaccine than they’ll get this fall. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting a nation-wide infant flu vaccine study, which will include at least two dozen St. Louis […]
