Europe Reconsiders H1N1 Flu Shots for Children

CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Cases and Related Hospitalizations and Deaths from April-October 17, 2009, By Age Group
Science
13 November 2009  Vol 326, Issue 5955, Pages 905-1028
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

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Pandemic Influenza: Europe Reconsiders H1N1 Flu Shots for Children
Martin Enserink*

Until recently, no European country had included healthy children in the priority groups targeted for vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic virus. But as the outbreak gathers speed and more vaccine becomes available, some countries are now telling families that healthy children—or at least infants—are candidates for vaccination after all. The change of mind did not reassure a jittery public. How many European children will eventually be vaccinated remains to be seen, partly because distrust of the new vaccines is running high.

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