By Muris Houston, The Irish Times 19 January 2011 IN A SIGNIFICANT change to national influenza vaccine policy, family doctors have been asked to recall pregnant women who have been given the swine flu vaccine so that they can also be immunised with the seasonal flu vaccine. Following a meeting of the National Immunisation Advisory […]
GPs urged to save seasonal flu vaccine for two groups
By: EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health Correspondent 10 January 2011 FAMILY DOCTORS will be advised this week to save remaining limited stocks of seasonal flu vaccine for two patient groups – pregnant women and at-risk children. The advice, to be sent to all GPs by the Health Service Executive, will also say they should give leftover supplies […]
Pregnant Women to be Vaccinated Against Flu for the First Time
By: Rebecca Smith, Telegraph 30 September 2010 All pregnant women are to be offered the seasonal flu vaccine for the first time this winter as they were one of the groups hardest hit by the swine flu pandemic. The H1N1 swine flu strain is expected to be the predominant strain of flu circulating this year […]
Warning All Pregnant Women: Miscarriages From H1N1 Vaccine As High As 3.587 Cases
By: Eileene Danneman 26 December 2010 A shocking report from the National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW) presented data from two different sources demonstrating that the 2009/10 H1N1 vaccines contributed to an estimated 1,588 miscarriages and stillbirths. A corrected estimate may be as high as 3,587 cases. NCOW also highlights the fact that the […]
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 […]
