Flu vaccine shortage seen for coming winter in Cincinnati
Cincinnati report notes a looming flu vaccine shortage as all four manufacturers face production delays. CDC asks local health departments to delay October campaigns until November while targeting high risk groups 65 and older and those with chronic illness, now including ages 50 to 64.
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Cincinnati
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Sonya Hall
Health Improvement Collaborative
Greater Cincinnati
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Susy Kramer
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Cancer vaccine trials start at UNC Chapel Hill in NC
At UNC Chapel Hill, researchers led by Dr Jonathan Serody begin human trials of a personalized cancer vaccine aimed at boosting the body's immune response to Her2 positive breast cancer. The study targets about 30 percent of patients, costs around $10,000 per participant, and is funded by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation the Department of Defense and the NIH. Patients phone in as trials open.
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Jonathan Serody
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Serody
United States
Susan Hirschhorn
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
UNC
Department of Defense
National Institutes of Health
Scripps Howard News Service
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Avoiding mites and pets may cut infant asthma risk
CHICAGO AP Breast feeding and avoiding pets second hand smoke and other triggers may help prevent asthma in infants. Babies at high risk were about one third less likely to develop asthma in their first year when such measures were taken.
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