Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Swine flu shots for infants, toddlers recalled.

More than three-quarters of a million doses of swine flu vaccine for infants and children were recalled Tuesday in the United States after routine tests showed they had lost potency. Four lots of Sanofi Pasteur's injectable (A)H1N1 vaccine for children aged six months to three years old were recalled after tests conducted after shipping in November showed that the shots had lost strength, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a health alert sent to doctors. The recall involves some 800,000 doses of vaccine, some of which could well have been administered to young children...Link

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