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The Flu are Advised for All Children
Friday, June 25th, 2010
More and more pediatricians consider it appropriate to apply it over 5 years . Since last winter the American Pediatric Society broadened its criteria regarding the use of influenza in children, the recommendation of this vaccine has become more encompassing than ever. As previously indicated it almost exclusively to those who had six months to five years or some underlying disease, today more and more pediatricians in our country should consider its application also in healthy children up to 18 years of age.
La Sociedad Argentina de Pediatrics and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of La Plata, among other references that support this trend, argue that the new recommendations are fully justified in demonstrating vaccine effectiveness, new modes of life and current epidemiological situation.
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New In Virus Vaccination
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Until now the virus vaccine has not been found. Pandemic influenza has recently spread throughout the world, the victims who died increased sharply, clearly worrying for anyone, including the World Health Organization. Several discoveries of new products for virus vaccines, such as the three previously approved (CELVAPAN, of Baxter; Focetria, Novartis, and GSK Pandemrix) has been assessed through the emergency procedures to prevent a pandemic flu.
Vaccines are bought by Spanish health authorities Focetria, Pandemrix and Panenza. The latter, by the company Sanofi Pasteur, has not been approved centrally for the whole of Europe, but by the Spanish Agency for Drugs and Health Products. It was intended to immunize pregnant women.
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