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17 September, 2009

FLUMIST : APPROVED INFLUENZA VACCINE BY FDA

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Model of Influenza Virus from NIHImage via Wikipedia

FluMist,is a live influenza virus vaccine that has been approved by FDA.It is actually the trade name of the intranasal influenza vaccine prepared by MedImmune, LLC.

As reported buy the FDA,this vaccine is indicated for prevention of influenza caused by viruses influenza type A and B,in healthy children and adolescents, 5-17 years of age, and healthy adults, 18-49 years of age.

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21 August, 2009

H1N1 PANDEMIC: WHO: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

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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

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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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