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Published 11/05/2009 by CFCN Plus


No serious side effects so far with H1N1 vaccine: WHO

Millions of doses of H1N1 vaccine have already been administered, and so far, no unusual side-effects have been seen, reports The World Health Organization.

Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the agency's top flu expert, told a press briefing Thursday that 20 countries have started to administer the pandemic vaccine. He...

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...flu shots. "We now have good evidence, based on many people receiving the vaccines, that we have no picture of unusual side-effects emerging" Fukuda said...
No serious side effects so far with H1N1 vaccine: WHO [CFCN Plus - 11/05/2009]
...Fukuda said. "So the picture right now looks quite good in terms of the safety." He said the agency...
No serious side effects so far with H1N1 vaccine: WHO [CFCN Plus - 11/05/2009]
...least one dose. "It is better to provide one dose to as many children as possible rather than two doses to fewer children" he said. The flu chief...
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