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  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Depends on Vaccine Component and Circulating Subtypes A study showed that both vaccine components and the proportionate mix of circulating influenza subtypes, strains, and drift variants affect vaccine effectiveness.
    Medscape Medical News, May 7, 2008
  • U.S. Reports Biggest Measles Outbreak Since 2001 The biggest outbreak of measles in the U.S. since 2001 is unfolding in 10 states, affecting at least 64 people ranging from infants to the elderly -- most of them unvaccinated -- U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
    Reuters Health Information, May 2, 2008
  • Incidence of Drug-Resistant TB Increasing in the UK Antituberculosis drug resistance has risen since 1998 in the UK, reflecting greater immigration from TB-endemic regions and inadequate local control of disease transmission, according to figures published on May 2 in BMJ Online First.
    Reuters Health Information, May 2, 2008
  • China Tries to Calm Fears About Virus Outbreak Chinese health officials on Wednesday tried to calm public fears about a virus that has killed at least 20 children, saying the situation did not resemble 2003's SARS epidemic and there had been no cover-up.
    Reuters Health Information, May 1, 2008
 
 

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