FINALLY,FDA APPROVES VACCINES FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS,2009

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration[FDA] has recently approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.FDA has reported these vaccines have induced a strong immune response,usually starting 8-10 days after a single dose.Studies are underway to determine the exact dose in children.

Contraindications:Individuals with severe allergic reactions to chicken eggs,should not be vaccinated.

Side effects:The vaccine have been reported to be well tolerated,with the common side effect being pain and soreness at the injection site[for,injectable vaccine].

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PANDEMIC ( H1N1) 2009: LATEST UPDATE : WHO

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The latest update of Pandemic[H1N1], released by the World Health Organization[WHO],on September 11th,2009 states persistence of active transmission of H1N1 in tropical regions of America and Asia.Fortunately,a declining trend has been noted for the second consecutive week,

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H1N1 PANDEMIC: WHO: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

World Health Organisation has released a geographic representation of the present status of H1N1 pandemic as of 13th august 2009.In this map they represented the countries with laboratory test confirmed case by orange color.They have also stratified the countries according to the cumulative deaths due to H1N1 flu.

The smallest circle represents areas with cumulative deaths between 1- 10,the second circle between 11-50,third circle 51-100,the largest circle with cumulative deaths between 101 and more.

please check out the status of H1N1 pandemic here

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New H1N1 Guidance and Information for Colleges and Universities

Flu.gov has recently released a guideline for the prevention of H1N1 flu in colleges and universities,please do check this out.

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