U.S Swine Flu Vaccine Trials
By pam
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HealthDay News reported that officials have announced that the United States is getting ready for its first human trials of an experimental vaccine that should protect people from the H1N1 virus.
Two possible vaccines will be tested at eight institutions around the country under the auspices of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
The purpose of the trials, said NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in a prepared statement, is to “determine whether the vaccines are safe and to assess their ability to induce protective immune responses. These data will be factored into the decision about how and if to implement a 2009 H1N1 flu immunization program this fall.”
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I’ll be keeping a really close eye on the success and failures of these trials. It’ll help me to make my decision about getting the flu shot.
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Good choice. Did you read that the creators of the vaccine won’t give it to their children…