News tagged with 'Vaccines'

Sanofi-Aventis has pulled four lots of infant swine flu vaccine, about 800,000 doses because of a potency problem. The vaccine should still work, the CDC says.

A type of therapy called ESDM had the most success in this controlled trial of children with autism, in raising IQ levels and improving behavioral and motor skills.

When a study showed the more expensive N-95 respirator was superior over surgical masks, the CDC and Institute of Medicine quickly adopted the findings and made recommendations to hospitals. Now it's revealed the findings were based on faulty science.

Pfizer has combined operations with Wyeth, following the closure of a $68 billion acquisition last week. The deal included its subsidiary Fort Dodge Animal Health, which is now part of Pfizer Animal Health.

Facing a lack of forthcoming information about the dangers and concerns of vaccines in general, and the swine flu vaccine specifically, a citizens' group plans a protest at the CDC this week as experts in immunization gather.

GlaxoSmithKline is bring home about $3.5 billion from its swine flu vaccines while the government protects drug makers under the assumption that vaccine production is not profitable.

A survey of more than 78,000 parents finds autism rates are higher than previously thought. More than 85 million in research money is now going to find a cause which remains a mystery.

The FDA has approved the applications from four vaccine makers, who plan to have nearly 200 million shots available by mid-October. The total cost to the U.S. government for the vaccines is more than $1 billion for some vaccines in multi-dose vials that do contain thimerosal.

1.8 million Americans could be hospitalized with half dying under the worst-case scenario outlined in a government report on the swine flu. The report is being issued as millions of swine flu shots are about to be delivered by drug makers, who are provided complete immunity for liability by the federal government.

At least one drug maker plans on formulating a H1N1 vaccine without thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative.

Children of parents who refuse pertussis immunizations, also known as whooping cough, are at a greater risk for developing the disease compared to vaccinated children, finds a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Dominick Tenuto, a New York man stricken with polio won a multi million-dollar lawsuit against Lederle Laboratories claiming he contracted the disease 30 years ago from the polio vaccine given to his infant daughter.

Thousands of parents of autistic children received news today that a special vaccine court denied three families seeking compensation. The court ruled the families did not convince the court the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines caused their children's autism. 

Pre-school children in New Jersey probably don't realize they've become a lightning rod for the debate between public health advocates and parents who don't want mandatory flu vaccines imposed on their little ones. 

Gardasil has not been the blockbuster that Merck needed after the Vioxx settlement and other bad news for the company. A label expansion is not predicted to change that. Now the immigration service will require the HPV vaccine before any young female is granted permanent legal resident status to the U.S.