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Children's Hospital To Test H1N1 Vaccine
Hospital 1 Of 8 In Nation To Test Vaccine
POSTED: 12:48 pm EDT July 22, 2009
UPDATED: 12:57 pm EDT July 22, 2009
CINCINNATI -- If a H1N1 swine flu vaccine planned for this fall turns out to work well, the nation can thank, in part, a local hospital.
Cincinnati Children*s Hospital Medical Center said Wednesday that it is one of eight centers in the United States and the only children's hospital to be taking part in federally-funded clinical trials testing two experimental vaccines to protect against the virus.
The first shots should go into volunteers' arms by the second week of August.
First, doctors will test different doses of the swine flu vaccine in healthy adults, including the elderly -- two shots, given 21 days apart. If there are no immediate safety concerns, such as allergic reactions, the same testing quickly will begin in babies and children, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Will the results come in time to guide the government's debate on whether to roll out a mass vaccination campaign starting in mid-October, one expected to target mostly school-age children and young adults?
"It's going to be very, very close," Fauci told The Associated Press.
By early September, scientists should have the first clue - how much immune protection that initial dose triggers. How much protection that second dose adds won't be known for yet another month.
Included in the government studies are vaccines made by Sanofi-Pasteur and CSL Ltd.
News 5's Michelle Hopkins will have more on this story later today.
Hospital 1 Of 8 In Nation To Test Vaccine
POSTED: 12:48 pm EDT July 22, 2009
UPDATED: 12:57 pm EDT July 22, 2009
CINCINNATI -- If a H1N1 swine flu vaccine planned for this fall turns out to work well, the nation can thank, in part, a local hospital.
Cincinnati Children*s Hospital Medical Center said Wednesday that it is one of eight centers in the United States and the only children's hospital to be taking part in federally-funded clinical trials testing two experimental vaccines to protect against the virus.
The first shots should go into volunteers' arms by the second week of August.
First, doctors will test different doses of the swine flu vaccine in healthy adults, including the elderly -- two shots, given 21 days apart. If there are no immediate safety concerns, such as allergic reactions, the same testing quickly will begin in babies and children, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Will the results come in time to guide the government's debate on whether to roll out a mass vaccination campaign starting in mid-October, one expected to target mostly school-age children and young adults?
"It's going to be very, very close," Fauci told The Associated Press.
By early September, scientists should have the first clue - how much immune protection that initial dose triggers. How much protection that second dose adds won't be known for yet another month.
Included in the government studies are vaccines made by Sanofi-Pasteur and CSL Ltd.
News 5's Michelle Hopkins will have more on this story later today.