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NEW QUESTIONS ON OLD VACCINE CHICKEN POX CASE PROMPTS A REVIEW ON PROPER USAGE
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[A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] A
chicken pox outbreak two years ago at a New Hampshire day-care center
has federal officials questioning whether the standard chicken pox
vaccine protects children as well as previously thought.
In the outbreak, 25 children became sick with chicken pox even
though most of them had been vaccinated, according to findings
published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"We didn't think the vaccine's effectiveness wa...
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Chicken Pox Vaccine Due In 8 Weeks
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... high Friday, closing at 43.87 1/2 in heavy trading. However, analysts said the vaccine isn't likely to significantly boost the company's profits. Merck reported $15 billion in sales last year. Contributing: Bloomberg Business News, Washington Post
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PROS FAR OUTWEIGH CONS FOR CHICKEN POX VACCINE.(LIVING)(Column)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; Q: Should children get the chicken pox vaccine? What are the pros and cons? A: I recommend the chicken pox vaccine for anyone over age 1. It is not as critical as the tetanus or polio vaccines, but it does eliminate the discomfort of the illness. It also ensures that a child will not miss school
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FDA approves chicken pox vaccine.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... chicken pox will need two injections four to eight weeks apart. The news will come as a blessing to families who dread sharing 10 days ... States. A European version is in limited use there. ``This is good news for children, parents and society at large,'' Douglas told a ...
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Pediatricians group makes recommendations for use of new chicken pox vaccine.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... wiped out since the introduction of vaccines. ``We are very pleased we finally have the vaccine licensed,'' Halsey said at a news conference Monday. ``It's been a long time in development, and parents have been anxiously awaiting the vaccine.'' The vaccine ...
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Chicken pox soon may be thing of past
The Boston Globe
; Pediatricians and parents have heard so many rumors for so many years that they may not believe this now: A vaccine against chicken pox is apparently on the way, perhaps this year. Merck & Co. Inc., has been working on a vaccine against varicella zoster, the virus that causes chicken pox, since
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Chicken Pox Immunizations Available for 1st Time in U.S.
Chicago Sun-Times
; Starting today, a vaccine will be available to immunize U.S. children against the common childhood illness chicken pox. "This vaccine will save lives and prevent people from having to be hospitalized," said Dr. Ram Yogev, an infectious disease expert at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
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`BREAKTHROUGH CHICKEN POX' OCCURS DESPITE VACCINATION
Evansville Courier & Press
; Although my niece, Rachel, has not attempted to play dot-to-dot with her chicken pox, she does think they make her look a little like a ladybug. As a 5-year-old who attends preschool and has an older sister in elementary school, it's not surprising Rachel contracted chicken pox. What makes her
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FDA Looking at Experimental Vaccine to Halt Chicken Pox
Morning Edition (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 BOB EDWARDS, Host: Getting the chicken pox usually is inevitable. Most people get it as children. They come down with a low-grade fever, break out in itchy red spots, and have to be kept at home for about a week. Now the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing an experimental vaccine
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No simple answer on use of vaccine for chicken pox
The Boston Globe
; ... free vaccines from the Vaccines for Children program will have to wait until early 1996, state health officials said. The good news, however, is that there is no urgency. "There's no harm in waiting," said Dr. Alfred DeMaria, assistant commissioner of communicable ...
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Inoculations reduced chicken pox
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Inoculations reduced chicken pox, study shows Los Angeles Times Thursday, June 22, 2000 The country's first community-wide study of the chicken pox vaccine suggests that inoculations led to an 80% reduction in cases over five years and could end the disease's long run as a painful, itchy and
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