Vaccination Of Children Through Pharmacies For Seasonal Flu
Responding to media reports that pharmacies are unable to provide private vaccinations for seasonal flu, Chief Executive of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Helen Gordon said: "The vaccine is available to all children in at-risk groups free of charge on the NHS. "There has been significant unexpected demand this year from parents wanting to vaccinate healthy children against seasonal flu. Last year, the NHS provided flu vaccinations for all children under five, but in previous years this group has not been routinely vaccinated unless individuals are in an at-risk group.
Medicago Announces Publication Of Its Phase I Study With Its Pandemic H5N1 Influenza Virus-Like Particle VLP Vaccine Candidate
Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG) a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that a scientific report entitled "Preclinical and Clinical Development of Plant-Made Virus-Like Particle Vaccine against Avian H5N1 Influenza, " was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. Scientists from Medicago, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal General Hospital, QuГ bec, Canada, and University of Siena, Department Physiopatology Experimental Medicine and Public Health, Molecular Epidemiology Research Division, Siena, Italy, co-authored the scientific report.
News From The February Issue Of The Journal Chest
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION New research shows that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), with the largest prevalence seen in patients with concurrent connective tissue disease (CTD). Researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine evaluated vitamin D levels in 67 patients with CTD-ILD and 51 patients with other forms of ILD. Results showed the overall prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was 38 percent and 59 percent, respectively.