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The 15-member panel of doctors, scientists, vaccine experts, public-health officials and a citizen representative came up with five core populations they believe should receive the first wave of H1N1/09 immunization. These include pregnant women, people living in households with babies under 6 months old (since infants cannot be...
That could still change, but at least for now, says Schuchat, local and state health authorities will have some guidelines for deciding who should get vaccinated if it becomes necessary. That could be useful since initial lots of the vaccine, which will have to be given in two doses, may...
The real test will come in the fall, however, when the Northern Hemisphere's flu season returns with a vengeance. (Southern Hemisphere nations are currently in the early weeks of their flu season, and H1N1/09 has caused real trouble in Argentina, which has more than 130 confirmed deaths - second only...
But vaccinemakers have already reported problems; the amount of antigen, the active ingredient in vaccine, reaped from each batch is only about 25% to 50% of the norm for seasonal flu vaccine. That means it will take longer to manufacture H1N1/09 vaccine - and since very few people have immunity to...
There is a way to get around this, by using adjuvants - chemicals added to a vaccine that boost the immune system's response. That could stretch the world's capacity to more than 2 billion doses. But the U.S. has never licensed an adjuvated flu vaccine, which could delay approval...