Swine Flu Vaccine in the News
ecochildsplay.com 7/30/2009 — A few weeks ago, I wrote on Non-Toxic Kids about the roll out of a swine flu vaccine for this fall. I realized then I needed to learn a great deal more about this virus and the vaccine. As a teacher, I will be in direct contact with hundreds of kid and could bring this virus into my home. But I ...

The Swine Flu Vaccine and Your Family
ecochildsplay.com 8/24/2009 — Like most families, you’re probably being bombarded by the media regarding swine flu: precautions, symptoms, and the availability of the shot. First, you need to know this: most widely available doses of the swine flu vaccine will contain thimerosal , a mercury-laden preservative that ...

One Shot for Swine Flu Vaccine Instead of Two
ecochildsplay.com 9/12/2009 — Surprising news from the New York Times today . Clinical trials of the H1N1 vaccine are showing protection at just one dose. Since news of the vaccine has come out in the last several months , it has been thought that 2 shots would be needed. As a result, the vaccine will be available to ...

H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine? No thanks.
webfloss.com 9/12/2009 — I’m not getting the Swine Flu vaccine because I am a healthy adult. And even if I was a health-care worker, pregnant, a parent of a child under 6 months old or had underlying medical conditions, including diabetes, asthma, and chronic lung disease or heart disease — I’m still ...

WaPo: Swine Flu Vaccine Will Contain Mercury
ecochildsplay.com 7/31/2009 — Yesterday, I mentioned that some of the swine flu vaccines will be available without thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative found in many vaccines, including the seasonal flu vaccine. Now the Washington Post confirms that most of the swine flu vaccines that will be available in the ...

One Shot for Swine Flu Vaccine Instead of Two (for adults)
ecochildsplay.com 9/12/2009 — (edited 9/12/09 with new information) Surprising news from the New York Times today . Clinical trials of the H1N1 vaccine are showing protection at just one dose for adults. According the the AP, results for children on this are still not available. Since news of the vaccine has come out in ...

Schools May Get First Swine Flu Vaccine
blogs.babble.com 6/17/2009 — Your kids may be the first to get vaccinated against the deadly swine flu. But would you let them get the shot at school?

Washington Post Reports: Swine Flu Vaccine will have Thimerosal
non-toxickids.net 8/2/2009 — I've been offline enjoying some long sought after sunny days. There haven't been many this summer in Vermont, so it has been nice to just get outside, all day, with my girls. So I missed this story that many of the Swine Flu Vaccines that will be available this fall will contain thimerosal.  ...

CDC Urges Pregnant Women to Get Swine Flu Vaccine
ecochildsplay.com 7/30/2009 — Wednesday, NPR reported that the CDC is strongly recommending that pregnant women get the new swine flu vaccine as soon as it becomes available, as they are one of the high-risk groups for the illness. Of the 45 initial deaths from H1N1 (between April 15 and June 16) , 6 were pregnant ...

Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Paralysis
ecobabyz.blogspot.com 9/4/2009 — With forced vaccination looming on the horizon for Massachusetts, it is no wonder many are concerned. A warning letter about the swine flu vaccine was leaked to the DailyMail. Written by Professor Elizabeth Miller, head of the Health Protection Agency's Immunization Department, it reveals that ...

One in five kids had swine flu this month, CDC says — Booster Shots 29 days ago
One in five U.S. children had an influenza-like illness during the first 11 days of October, and most of those cases were probably pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 7% of adults said they ...

A flu-stricken, pregnant obstetrician wishes she'd gotten the vaccine — Booster Shots 28 days ago
When Jennifer Lang felt the symptoms of flu coming on one afternoon, she had good reason for concern. Lang, 33, is not only pregnant, she also cares for pregnant women in her Century City medical practice. By that evening, Lang was feverish, ...

One in five kids had swine flu? No, not really, CDC now says — Booster Shots 28 days ago
Media reports Thursday that one in five kids had the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus during the first 11 days of October were a misinterpretation, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a news ...

FDA approves emergency use of intravenous peramivir against swine flu — Booster Shots 27 days ago
Responding to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved emergency use of the experimental intravenous antiviral drug  peramivir to treat ...

Swine flu vaccine slow in arriving: only 8 million doses in a week — Booster Shots 24 days ago
Only 8 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus have become available since last Wednesday, calling into question whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to meet even its downsized goal of ...