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If previous flu pandemics are any measure, we may see spikes in infection once school gets under way. Kids in classrooms are major spreaders of infectious disease; they get sick, infect one another, then bring the disease back home. That's why officials are trying to get the new H1N1...
The problem is that, according to the model, vaccinations would have to begin by mid-September - but the first batch of the vaccine isn't due until October. "Clearly the best strategy is to vaccinate schoolchildren first," said Longini. "The problem is the supply of the vaccine." That means the...
Vaccine trials are currently under way in the U.S. and around the world - and the early findings suggest that the immunization is safe and effective. In the U.S., the National Institutes of Health recently opened trials to pregnant women and children to test the safety and efficacy of the shot...
There's more good news from the international front. In the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, researchers in Australia and Britain reported the early findings of their H1N1 vaccine studies. Preliminary data from the Australian trial showed that 21 days after getting one shot, 96% of the 240...
It's not clear yet how much immune response is necessary to protect against infection or illness, but if the trials' final data confirm that one dose of vaccine is sufficient, it could mean that twice as many people as expected could be immunized in mid-October, when the U.S...