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Merck is pulling 11 lots of PedvaxHIB and two lots of COMVAX. PedvaxHIB is a vaccine that protects against infection with haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), the bacteria that causes meningitis, pneumonia, and bloodstream infections. The COMVAX vaccine protects against haemophilius B and hepatitis B, a virus that can cause...
No. Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterium, while the microbes that cause the flu are viruses. The Hib vaccine recall does not affect flu vaccines.
If my child was vaccinated with a vaccine from one of the affected lots, will he get sick?
If your child does get sick from the vaccine, the symptoms of a bacterial infection - redness at the injection site, swelling, fever - will likely appear within the first few days after receiving the shot. "Any problems should appear in the first several days, and by the end of a week...
No. The manufacturing problem does not affect the strength or effectiveness of the vaccine. "It's important to understand that the recall has nothing to do with the potency of the vaccine," says CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding. "Children who received the vaccine are protected against haemophilus. There is no...