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...ordering 50 million doses of the Pandemrix vaccine, enough for a double dose for 25 million people, about a third of the population. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, contains an immunity-enhancing chemical compound, known as an adjuvant, whose side effects are not yet entirely known. Then, after a report was leaked to the German media last week, the Interior Ministry confirmed that it had ordered a different vaccine, Celvapan, for government officials and the military. Celvapan, which is made by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Baxter, does not contain an adjuvant and is believed to have fewer side effects than Pandemrix...
...least 26,000 people have been infected with swine flu in Germany, resulting in three deaths. Although the majority of patients have experienced only mild flulike symptoms, a steady increase in the number of cases of H1N1 in recent months has raised alarm across the nation. In its latest report, the Robert Koch Institute, the federal agency for infectious diseases, said new cases in Germany have jumped to about 1,600 each week, double the 700 to 800 weekly cases reported in early autumn. With the onset of winter, when seasonal-flu infections typically peak, many experts are concerned that...
...added that he hopes that at least 75 percent of the students he e-mailed enroll in the confidential study. He said that the study will not report sick students to University Health Services...
Randomly selected Harvard undergraduates and their friends will report their popularity and flu-like symptoms as participants in a new Harvard Medical School study seeking to explain how social networks affect the spread of diseases...
Last Friday, Christakis sent e-mails to 650 randomly selected undergraduates, asking them to sign up to self-report their flu symptoms twice a week for 12 consecutive weeks. The participating students were also asked to nominate two to three friends, who will be asked to take part in the study as well...