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Vaccine Scarier Than Swine Flu: Poll

Harry Kimball — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:05:02 CDT

Americans are spooked by the growing threat of swine flu but even warier of the vaccine. Half of respondents in a recent Washington Post poll are a “great deal” or “somewhat” worried they or a family member will catch H1N1, up from 39% in August. But more than 60% say...

Squeamish Feds Learn From 1976 Swine Flu Debacle

Wesley Oliver — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:01 CDT

Federal health officials are hoping to avoid a catastrophic case of déjà vu as they develop plans to inoculate Americans against swine flu, the Washington Post reports. A vaccine released during the 1976 flu outbreak left dozens dead and hundreds reporting serious side effects like blindness and paralysis. Now, haunted...

POX STRIKES BACK

J. Kelman — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:02:45 CDT

Doctors now recommend that kids get a second dose of chickenpox vaccine, but a lot of wary parents are balking. A recent study concluded that the longer patients had gone since getting the first dose, the more likely they were to contract the pox, and the more likely that it...