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Media/Press Release Archive 2004 |
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| Independent experts have reinforced their endorsement of the safety of the vaccine used in the Meningococcal B Immunisation Programme. | | » read the full story |
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| The epidemic is spreading to the North Island with record cases reported in November 2004. Infants are the most severely affected.
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| Meningococcal B Immunisation exceeds own high targets. Ministry of Health reports that the MeNZB immunisation programme exceeds its own high targets. | | » read the full story |
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| A press release issued December 3 (2003) by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment indicates the state is experiencing its worst influenza season in several years and confirms the death of five Colorado children. | | |
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| New Zealand is facing an epidemic of our own home grown strain of Meningitis disease. A new vaccine is being developed to combat this disease and the first round of clinical trials has started. The Late Infant Study is due to finish mid November and the Early Infant Study will be starting in mid January 2004.
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| Recent reports from Scotland, England and Ireland indicate a virulent strain of influenza is circulating. Five deaths in children in September and October have now been attributed to the influenza A Fujian-like strain. | | » read the full story |
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| Dr Andrew Wakefield is the lead author of the paper that suggested there may be a relation between the MMR vaccine and autism. However, ten of his co-authors have now published a formal retraction of the suggestion of a link in the medical journal, the Lancet. They have strongly disassociated
themselves from the idea that the vaccine is somehow related to autism. | | » read the full story |
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| A number of countries in Asia are experiencing outbreaks of Bird Flu. The potential for this widespread bird flu to change to a form which could infect people is concerning. So far there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission but world health officials are closely monitoring the situation. No vaccine is available for the bird flu strain of nfluenza.
For travellers advice and more information go to:
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| Planning has started for next year's influenza immunisation campaign.
At a recent WHO conference in Canberra, Australia, health officials met to decide what strains of influenza should be in the 2005 southern hemisphere vaccine. | | » read the full story |
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| Rubella in the Pacific... Samoa and the Tokelau Islands are currently dealing with large rubella outbreaks. | | » read the full story |
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| The Ministry of Health has just released figures that show New Zealand is now at the sharp end of another whooping cough (or pertussis) epidemic. So far this year over 1,500 people have been reported with the disease and by July 2004, nearly 100 had been hospitalised. One infant has died from whooping cough so far this year. | | » read the full story |
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| National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine National Research Council | | » read the full story |
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