While still in testing phases, good news for an influenza vaccine. Can I get a woot? You better believe I'll get one of these when available, even though I think the annual flu shot is a load.
Researchers Test New Vaccine to Fight Multiple Influenza Strains
I also just saw a commercial for a vaccine for bacterial meningitis which I hadn't heard of before (Menactra? I think). Parents of kids, I'd ask your doc about this one ASAP. Bacterial meningitis is aggressive, nasty and unbelievably quick. As in, by the time you get a diagnosis, it's almost too late to do anything about it. Not deadly all the time, but nasty life-long complications.
I'm on Science Daily reading about the different vaccines in R&D right now. Here are a few of my faves:
Traveler's Diarrhea Vaccine (Mexico, here I come!)
Koala Chlamydia (those promiscuous tree-dwellers!)
Footrot Vaccine for Sheep!
I'm sure sheep and koalas find nothing funny about that!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. Two years ago I was in the ER with Eric-nothing major. There was a small child, blonde little girl sitting on her Mom's lap. You could tell she was really sick. Later I heard all the nurses crying and inquired. The little girl had died-bacterial meningitis. I have been scared to death every since. Ever time Bailey gets sick I have that in the back of my mind.
Yeah, when we learned about it at school I was like... there's a pandemic waiting to happen. I looked it up and apparently it's safe for infants too, which are at the largest risk for death with it. So spread the word.
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