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Swedish study adds to data linking GSK vax to narcolepsy
The Swedish regulator has added to evidence linking GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu vaccine to narcolepsy in a registry study of 5.8 million people.
FDA moves decision day for GSK pandemic vaccine, but why?
Research linking GlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK) swine flu vaccine to narcolepsy has precipitated calls for a rereview of a similar product before FDA makes an approval decision.
Swine flu breaks out in Indiana
Swine flu has infected 113 people in Indiana, and that number is on the rise.
CDC preps for emerging swine flu strain
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control isn't taking any chances when it comes to swine flu. A new strain of the flu--H3N2--includes an element seen in the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009, so the CDC is preparing a candidate vaccine and clinical trials for later this year.
Flu shot cuts preterm births
Most women are careful about what drugs they take or what treatments they have while they are pregnant, but the H1N1 swine flu shot given during pregnancy seems to have an added bonus: a lower risk of stillbirths or premature births, and a lower number of very small babies born.
Swine flu vax could offer universal flu protection
Researchers in Canada are touting a 2009 swine flu shot as a potential route to a universal vaccine that could target all forms of influenza, according to data published in Frontiers of Immunology .
Gen X largely shrugged off call for H1N1 shots
About 2 of every 3 American adults aged 36 to 39 tracked the frenzy of reports that erupted after the swine flu pandemic broke out and concluded that there was something there that was at least...
Researchers dream up a new cause for narcolepsy
Doctors administering the H1N1 vaccine recently got a strange wake-up call. Their patients were mysteriously falling asleep. It got so bad that it was suspected that a certain batch of the H1N1
Scientists mount computer-aided attack on H1N1 flu virus
Researchers have used computational tools for designing new proteins to incapacitate a strain of flu virus. Their research in the May 12 edition of Science shows that the computer-aided approach has
Computer models aid fight against flu
Reporting from the International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology at the United Arab Emirates University, The National wrote about how Dr. Vittoria Colizza of the ISI Foundation in
