Vaccine Weekly

Influenza - CDC and states announce plan to distribute 10.3 million flu shots nationwide

Influenza - CDC to include FluMist in vaccines for children program

Influenza - Computerized orders increase administration of influenza, pneumococcal vaccines

Influenza - Flu preparedness must become public health priority

Influenza Vaccine - 15,000 people request a flu shot in Arizona county vaccine lottery

Influenza Vaccine - Additional doses of flu vaccine available for at-risk people in Louisiana

Influenza Vaccine - Alaskan health officials begin distributing more flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Aventis gets federal contract to make flu vaccine year-round

Influenza Vaccine - Colorado getting another 66,000 flu shots

Influenza Vaccine - Connecticut receives unexpected batch of flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Enrollment complete for intranasal influenza vaccine trial

Influenza Vaccine - Flathead County, Montana, plans one more clinic with surprise flu shots

Influenza Vaccine - Inactivated vaccines for pandemic influenza reviewed

Influenza Vaccine - Kansas to receive 75,360 doses of flu vaccine from CDC

Influenza Vaccine - More flu vaccine headed to Iowa

Influenza Vaccine - Nanoparticle and emulsified influenza antigen vaccines developed

Influenza Vaccine - New Hampshire's order of flu vaccine arrives

Influenza Vaccine - North Dakota getting more flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - One million high-risk Pennsylvanians still can't get flu shots

Influenza Vaccine - Pennsylvania to get 340,000 additional doses of flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Study of avian influenza in birds and humans may help develop vaccines

Influenza Vaccine - U.S. CDC to ship New Mexico 38,515 additional flu vaccine doses

Influenza Vaccine - Vermont Health Department, health agencies offered more flu clinics

Influenza Vaccine - Virginia health officials to get 232,000 doses of flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Yuma County, Arizona, distributes flu vaccine to elderly

Malaria Vaccine - Quantitative Plasmodium sporozoite neutralization assay developed

Marek Disease - Mutations in meq linked to Marek disease viruses of high virulence

Measles-Rubella Vaccine - Rapid onset optic neuritis after measles-rubella vaccination reported

Melanoma Vaccine - Vaccine induces cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human melanoma

Monoclonal Antibodies - Method for production of antibody-producing hybridomas developed

Mucosal Immunization - Adjuvants and delivery systems for mucosal vaccination reviewed

Mucosal Immunization - Mucosal immunology of vaccines against nasopharyngeal bacteria reviewed

Mycoplasma Vaccine -  Mycoplasma agalactiae strain is candidate for attenuated vaccine

Newborn Health - Respiratory syncytial virus trial initiated

Parvovirus Vaccine - Immune responses to human parvovirus B19 vaccine reported

Personnel - Life sciences company names member to board of directors

Personnel - Molecular test producer announces president for its U.S. subsidiary

Poliovirus - Heat-resistant poliovirus mutants characterized

Poliovirus Vaccine - Surrogate method for predicting poliovirus vaccine efficacy developed

Poxvirus Vaccine - Nucleoside/nucleotide analogs show promise against poxvirus infections

Prostate Cancer - E.U. approves Taxotere (docetaxel) in prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Pharma companies awarded NIH grants for prostate cancer immunotherapies

Rabies Vaccine - Live vaccinia-rabies virus recombinants protect against rabies

Reovirus Vaccine - Protective IgA and IgG bind to epitopes in reovirus adhesin sigma 1

Research Awards - Molecular studies institute wins $4.8 million NIH contract for smallpox vaccine

Ricin Vaccine - Elimination of partially unfolded state improves vaccine stability

Rotavirus Vaccine - T-cell-mediated immune responses in rotavirus infections defined

Rubella - German measles elimination advancing, says public health group

SARS Vaccine - Researcher says SARS vaccine unlikely soon; drug companies show scant interest

Schistosomiasis Vaccine -  Schistosoma antigen protects against S. mansoni infection

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Antigen peptides from Schistosoma dehydrogenase used for vaccines

Shigellosis - IL-8 regulates neutrophil recruitment in model of Shigella colitis

Shigellosis Vaccine - Acceptability of shigellosis vaccine in Vietnam explored

Shigellosis Vaccine - Health belief model aids shigellosis vaccine use in Thailand

Smallpox Vaccine - Membrane proteins of virions protects against vaccinia virus

Tuberculosis - Licensing agreement signed to develop, market new antituberculosis compounds

Tuberculosis Prevention - New TB vaccine clears first hurdle

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Mammalian cell-entry proteins expressed during TB infection in humans

Tumor Vaccine - Therapeutic HER2/Neu DNA vaccine blocks the growth of murine tumors

Typhoid Vaccine - Vaccination against typhoid fever in travelers is not cost-effective

Vaccine Adjuvant - Adjuvant Quil A affects immune stimulatory capacity of liposomes

Vaccine Development - Applications of Clostridium and Bacillus proteins reviewed

Vaccine Development - CD8+ T-cell priming regulated by cytokines of innate immune system

Vaccine Development - Coadministered antigens may afford better protection against hepatitis B

Vaccine Development - Company says skin immunization may expand flu vaccine supply

Vaccine Development - DNA vaccine aids chronic hepatitis B carrier non-responders

Vaccine Development - Pharma company releases results from Boostrix clinical study

Vaccine Development - Vector-based enhancement of ICAM-1 augments anti-tumor activity in mice

Vaccine Efficacy - Game theory applied to vaccination strategies

Vaccine Safety - H₂ O₂ -induced death of thymocytes delayed by vaccine preservative

Varicella Vaccinations - Arizona health officials pushing plan for chickenpox vaccinations

Virology - Long-term immune memory cells do not develop during chronic viral infections