By: Mark Lemstra 10 November 2010 This is the first in a four-column series on influenza. The first will discuss the ineffectiveness of immunization for the flu in most populations. The second column will discuss the great influenza epidemic of 1918 and the lessons we still have not learned. The third column will discuss last […]
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 […]