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Flu Shots May Cut Risk of Blood Clots Forming in Veins

piggy submitted, created time 2 weeks 6 days (www.sciencedaily.com)

Flu shots may reduce the risk of blood clots forming in veins by 26 percent, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008.

“Our study suggests for the first time that vaccination against influenza may reduce the risk of venous thrombotic embolism (VTE),” said Joseph Emmerich, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and professor of vascular medicine at the University Paris Descartes and head of the INSERM Lab 765, which investigates thrombosis. “This protective effect was more pronounced before the age of fifty-two years

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Flu season worst in years, vaccine ineffective

siemens submitted, created time 7 months 1 week (edition.cnn.com)

This year's flu season has shaped up to be the worst in three years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick, health officials said Thursday.

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Why winter is "flu season"

Sue Wu submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)

Influenza viruses coat themselves in fatty material that hardens and protects them in colder temperatures -- a finding that could explain why winter is the flu season, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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A new flu shots will pushed for toddlers to teens

DanyC submitted, created time 9 months 3 days (www.chron.com)

Maybe many of you will say vaccinating all children) is a waste of money and resources because the vaccine isn't that effective, but actually, flu activity in Texas is now widespread, however the side effects it is, we should admit that it keeps the flu from spreading.

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This season’s flu strains not a good match for vaccine

Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)

Seasonal influenza is spreading widely throughout the United States, with nearly half the cases caused by strains of the virus that are not directly covered by this year’s flu vaccine.

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Drop of Flu Vaccine Under Tongue Bars Infection

Sue Wu submitted, created time 10 months 2 days (www.washingtonpost.com)

A drop of vaccine placed under the tongue might one day ward off the flu.

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Good News: Universal flu vaccine works in humans

DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.newscientist.com)

Ordinary flu vaccines have to change every year as the virus evolves, but the process can miss unexpected strains and is too slow to catch pandemics.
However, vaccine targeting a protein called M2e might not have these problems,because the protein is virtually identical in all influenza A viruses - the type that cause pandemics and much ordinary flu.
Hopes of a flu vaccine that would protect against all strains of influenza A have been bolstered by human tests

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Regular flu vaccine may help against H5N1

Eric wu submitted, created time 11 months 4 days (www.reuters.com)

Bird flu nearly breaks out around the world every year. It not only kill many birds,but also a threaten against our mankind.How should we deal with it? This news may open a path toward it.

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