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View Post: CDC H1N1 Flu
Letter to Providers Promoting PPSV for Adults
10 Nov 2009 ...
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View Post: H1N1(Swine Flu): Recommendations for Prevention Of Pneumonia ...
20 Nov 2009 by Regina Phelps EMS Solutions  
Pneumococcal vaccine can be given at any time during the year and may be given at the same time as influenza vaccine. Visits for seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination provide a convenient time to evaluate patients for the need ...
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View Post: Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommended to Help Prevent Secondary ...
19 Nov 2009 by flutrackers  
Summary of Recommendations: CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends a single dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV) for all people 65 years of age and older and for persons 2 through 64 years of ...
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View Post: Advisory Issued Regarding Infections with H1N1
20 Nov 2009 by sgalier  
Due to this there are new recommendations for use of pneumococcal vaccine in children. It is currently recommended that all children receive Prevnar (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) beginning at two months of age. ...
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View Post: 3 Dutch babies die after pneumococcal vaccine, Dutch authorities ...
9 Nov 2009 by Infinite  
3 Dutch babies die after pneumococcal vaccine, Dutch authorities pull Pfizer's Prevenar batch. Posted On Nov 09 Health Add comments. Vaccine use halted after baby deaths. prevenar. The Dutch health institute RIVM has stopped the ...
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View Post: Prevnar pneumococcal vaccine batch recalled by Wyeth following ...
6 Nov 2009 by pillscribe  
Wyeth's phase III trial was part of global clinical trials to assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the improvised version of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine that fights 13 strains of bacteria compared with seven strains ...
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View Post: Two more H1N1 deaths in Maine
Maine News Updates
23 Nov 2009 by Meredith Goad   ...
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View Post: Swine Flu-One of the Most Massive Cover Ups in American History
23 Nov 2009 by Albertabound  
If parents allow their children to be vaccinated according to the CDC recommendations, that is 2 seasonal flu vaccines and 2 swine flu vaccines as well as a pneumococcal vaccine, that will increase the number of vaccines a child will ...
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View Post: CDC Promoting Better Uptake Of PPSV in Adults
13 Nov 2009 by FLA_MEDIC  
Anne Schuchat, Director of of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, sent out a letter to health care providers reminding them of the value of the (PPSV) pneumococcal vaccine for adults. ...
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