Monday, April 22, 2013

2013 Flu Vaccine

A new form of flu vaccine needs to be made most years to protect you against the exact strains that are expected to be the most common.

2013 Flu Vaccine
This type of vaccine will protect you in fall and winter and also protect you against H1N1 (swine flu). You don’t need any other type of flu vaccine.

Flu vaccine there are two kind: flu shot and a nasal spray.
  • Flu shot vaccine contain inactive viruses. Flu shot is approved for people age from 6 months and older.
  • High dose version of flu shot vaccine, this kind of vaccine is used for people 65 and older. But still don’t know if higher dose vaccine is better to protecting from flu.
  • Nasal spray flu vaccine or called as FluMist uses a live, weakened virus instead of a dead virus one. This kind of vaccine is use for healthy people with age from 2 to 49 but not in pregnant condition. It is not recommended for people who have asthma or children under 5 years who have repeated wheezing episodes.
In United States usually use in October because this is the beginning of flu season. But for people who travel to other countries should be know that flu may occur at different times of the year from where you stay.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

New Hepatitis B, Haemophilus, Influenza Type B Vaccines

This new vaccine launched in 1974, as the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) was delivered vaccines against diphteria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measless and tuberculosis (BCG). This all kind of vaccines to prevent of 2.5 milion deaths every year.

Recently have implementation of new and under-utilized vaccines providing additional prevention of untimely deaths and disabilities. These include vaccines against hepatitis B, haemophilus influenza type b, streptococcus pneumoniae, rotavirus and rubella.

Kind of vaccines that still under improvement such as vaccines against human papilloma virus (HPV) provide an opportunity to impact global cervical cancer morbidity and mortality through immunization activities in older age groups.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bird Flu Vaccine

Influenza that came from avian is called as Avian Flu or Bird Flu still seen as having the potential to infect the entire human species. This bird flu is caused by H5N1 virus. This virus can mutate and become contagious and spread from one human to another. This will create a global pandemic and since we are not prepared to deal with it, it is a matter of concern for us all.

Until now, there is no known cure for the bird flu virus and that means that everyone is under constant threat. More recently, there have been some discussions on the use of annual flu vaccines. Scientists are worried that this constant exposure to the flu vaccine is weakening the natural human immune system to ward off infections and thereby putting everyone at greater risk of getting flu. Actually human have resist to this viruses last time, but because of the immune system become weak and the virus become strong then human become infect by this viruses.

A strong immune system is the best defense against all forms of infections and leading doctors are clear on the fact that someone who has not got a weaker immune system because of annual vaccination stands a better chance of avoiding the flu naturally. Some doctors even say that the practice of annual vaccination creates a kind of dependence on the medication.

The vaccine is difficult to create for this influenza type because flu virus is constantly changing and that is why you need a new vaccine every year. The flu shot is only effective against one particular strain of virus and this is why it needs to be re-administered every year.

Flu shots also contain toxic substances like mercury that is related to Alzheimer’s and may also lead to mercury poisoning. There is a law indemnifying vaccine manufacturers even if their vaccine ends up killing the patient.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Influenza Vaccine

Even many country efforts to build a vaccine for these diseases, but the result still don’t satisfied enough. Normal influenza as we known is not dangerous diseases, but after many changes on the virus character, this diseases become dangerous because of many new strain merge, like bird flu, swine flu and maybe will merge any other stronger kind of flu and can cause dead.

Flu become pandemic is always happen in many countries, but normally that is usual flue or influenza. Influenza normally can not cause dead for people, usually people just feel dizzy or headache, fever and make our body feel weak. But swine flu not just week but also high fever with high body temperature and cause unconsciousness and dead.

Tremendous efforts have been made by the vaccine industry to contribute to global preparedness plans for an influenza pandemic. The Influenza Vaccine Supply (IVS) International Task Force of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) represents 16 research-based vaccine manufacturers from around the world and works closely together with international stakeholders to address the advocacy, communication, policymaking, regulatory, scientific and technical issues related to seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. 11:35 Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Against Influenza.

World Health Organization estimates that epidemic of influenza infects around 5-15% of the global population annually, and is responsible for up to 3-5 million cases of severe disease and 500,000 deaths per year. In the United States alone, over 35,000 deaths per year are attributed due to complications arising from influenza viral infections, particularly in the older adult population.

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