Read more vaccine stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4015/vaccine.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:42:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSevere shortages of seasonal flu vaccines are expected across the country in coming weeks as supplies run short amid increasing demand. Manufacturers have committed their production to making H1N1 vaccines and lack the capacity to make any more seasonal flu vaccines this year. The director of the CDC told lawmakers...http://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 1:19:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72919/ny-declares-swine-flu-emergency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA surge in swine flu cases in New York state prompted Gov. David Paterson to declare a state of emergency yesterday. The move expands the categories of health care professionals who can administer the H1N1 vaccine, once a lot of it is available, to include dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists. While the...http://www.newser.com/story/72919/ny-declares-swine-flu-emergency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 2:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72481/us-declares-swine-flu-emergency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people. Despite the language, the White House emphasized the declaration is bureaucratic in nature and should not signal cause for alarm. The goal is...http://www.newser.com/story/72481/us-declares-swine-flu-emergency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 10:56:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72346/vaccine-scarier-than-swine-flu-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans 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...http://www.newser.com/story/72346/vaccine-scarier-than-swine-flu-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 14:05:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72065/anti-vaccine-push-threatens-kid-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA flourishing anti-vaccination movement based on bad science and distrust of Big Pharma is pressing the rewind button on decades of advances in reducing child illness, writes Amy Wallace. Parents who believe—despite the lack of credible evidence—that vaccines harm children are endangering other people's children as well as...http://www.newser.com/story/72065/anti-vaccine-push-threatens-kid-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 1:40:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProduction delays that are slowing the distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine could hardly have come at a worse time, with the death toll in young people mounting and antivaccine activists seizing on any chance to make their position heard. Experts point out that the H1N1 version uses the same...http://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 17:15:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71078/swine-flu-vaccine-starts-for-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren around the country began receiving the first doses of swine flu vaccine, a day after hospitals and health care facilities began immunizing their workers. But medical facilities in only 14 states have so far received the vaccine—so far all as a nasal spray—and high demand means it...http://www.newser.com/story/71078/swine-flu-vaccine-starts-for-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 14:25:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71008/cocaine-vaccine-tackles-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA vaccine-like treatment to fight cocaine addiction has shown promising results in early clinical trials and could pave the way for new treatments to battle nicotine and methamphetamine addiction as well, researchers say. The vaccine created antibodies that prevented cocaine molecules from reaching the brain fast enough to cause a...http://www.newser.com/story/71008/cocaine-vaccine-tackles-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 2:09:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70593/most-unlikely-hpv-shot-killed-uk-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British teen who died after being vaccinated against human papillomavirus had “a serious underlying medical condition,” health officials said today, and it is “most unlikely” that the shot, intended to prevent cervical cancer, killed 14-year-old Natalie Morton. An official at Morton’s school is skeptical. “I have seen Natalie’s file,...http://www.newser.com/story/70593/most-unlikely-hpv-shot-killed-uk-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 21:27:11 CDT