Testing efficacy of H1N1 vaccine in the HIV-infected pregnant women takes off
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by admin in Health
Researchers launched trials to test H1N1 vaccine in the HIV-infected pregnant women. The H1N1 vaccine by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, contains attenuated 2009 H1N1 influenza strain virus.
The trial is initially poised to test in 130 HIV-infected pregnant women (in the age group of 18 to 39); all in their second or third trimester (14 [...]
Children require two doses of H1N1 vaccine
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by admin in Health
US officials say that children might need 2 H1N1 vaccine doses. Tests made with the needle-free Sanofi-Pasteur’s H1N1 vaccine found that children responded to it; however, children aged 10 and over will just need single shot dosage while children 9 years of age might require two shots of the vaccine.
Sanofi had gotten Federal government’s [...]
