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FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who received a flu shot to protect them against the H1N1 swine flu virus had a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and of having a baby small for gestational age, according to a new study.
RIYADH: Two more cases of swine flu have been detected in the Kingdom bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to eight, the Ministry of Health announced here yesterday.
Med residents lacked PPE knowledge, worked while ill in pandemic, study finds A study of doctors in training during the height of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic found gaps in personal protective equipment (PPE) knowledge and guidance and that some worked when they were sick.
JUST 21 when he was struck down with swine flu and meningitis, popular lad Calum Small has left a big hole in the lives of his friends and family.
TORONTO - Pregnant women in Ontario who received a flu shot during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were less likely to give birth to a very preterm baby or to lose their baby shortly after birth, a new study shows.
Getting a flu shot during pregnancy provides unanticipated benefits to the baby, according to the authors of a large population-based study examining the issue. Specifically, the study showed that H1N1 vaccination during the pandemic was associated with a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and extremely small babies at birth.
Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com With temperatures rising and summer rapidly approaching, flu season may seem long gone. However, this is not so for a group of researchers who have discovered that the pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccination, otherwise known as the swine flu vaccine, can produce antibodies against a variety of flu strains like H5N1 and H3N2. This new finding highlights a new dimension to the ...
Study: H1N1 vaccine generates antibodies to range of flu strains The pandemic 2009 H1N1 (pH1N1) vaccine produced antibodies in people not only against pH1N1, but also against other influenza virus strains, including H5N1 avian flu and H3N2 seasonal flu, according to a study yesterday from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The antibodies were reactive to the relatively stable stem ...
(KUTV) A new study suggests moms who get an H1N1 flu vaccine during pregnancy can actually help their babies. Researchers in Canada used a database to examine births during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic. They found that vaccinated mothers were less likely to have a "small for gestational age" infant. ...
The vaccine against swine flu seems to offer broader protection against other flu viruses, compared with the seasonal flu vaccine, researchers say.
( Emory University ) The pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies in vaccinated individuals not only against the H1N1 virus, but also against other influenza virus strains including H5N1 and H3N2. This discovery adds an important new dimension to the finding last year that people infected with pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus produced high levels of antibodies that were broadly cross-reactive ...
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