Word: vaccinees
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When swine flu made national headlines last spring, it wasn’t the first time. A similar flu scare began in February, 1976, with the sudden death of 19-year-old Pvt. David Lewis of Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was found to have been killed by...
UHS hopes to offer the controversial vaccine to “high-risk” patientsthose over 65 or with chronic illnesses late in October, and to the rest of the University community two or three weeks afterwards. In line with federal policy, the clinic will urge all but children...
The state department of public health, on the other hand, will recommend the vaccine only to high-risk groups, suggesting other citizens weigh the risks and benefits for themselves.
Clinical trials this summer showed the swine flu vaccine to be considerably less effective among young adults than among older people. The vaccine successfully produced antibodies in about 50 percent of subjects under 25, compared to a success rate of 70 to 90 percent in the older population.
In addition, the Harvard study compiled its figures before the federal government revealed that what may be a crucial component of the vaccine is missing. No one has yet explained what slip-up in the manufacturing process caused the vaccine to be produced without neuraminidase, an enzyme some scientists believe...