The WHO has announced the composition of the 2012/2013 flu vaccine. Each season, the vaccine compositon is reviewed and updated where needed to include the three strains most likely to cause...
With the possibility of a flu outbreak within the next few weeks, concern grows for pregnant women who have not had a flu vaccination. While many women are reluctant to have a flu jab...
Zostavax, the vaccine against shingles, is now available in the UK and has been licensed for use in over-50s - find out more...
Only one in four pregnant women has so far been vaccinated against flu, according to pre-Christmas figures from the UK's Health Protection Agency, leaving women in a precarious position...
We are one of the first UK practices to have received a stock of flu vaccine, and our drop-in and call-out services are therefore available with immediate effect. We vaccinate children and adults...
This season, we are pleased to confirm that our drop-in service extends to children over the age of 6 months, with no appointment necessary. If you'd like to know when vaccines become available,...
A report in the British Journal of General...
Young and middle aged adults were hit hardest by last winter’s flu outbreak, the Health Protection Agency has recently...
ALL pregnant women should be vaccinated this season - unless they have already had the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine, in which case flu vaccine is "optional" or "not required".
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Scientists report significant progress towards the ultimate goal in flu vaccine technology - a single vaccine that could protect all of us against every strain of flu, and that would not need to...









