Smaller needle, lower dose decrease flu vaccine pain
By By Allie Curwin, Staff Writer
November 21, 2011
No one likes getting a flu shot, but the benefits of getting vaccinated tend to outweigh the pain. Push through the sting this year, and next year could be relatively pain free. Prior to the 2010 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only recommended the inf...
Tags: decreased pain, flu, vaccine
FDA reccomends HPV vaccine for young males
By By Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
December 22, 2010
Recently, the FDA recommended that the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), traditionally administered to girls, should also be given to males ages 9 through 26. The vaccine, manufactured by Merck Pharmaceuticals, is marketed under the name Gardasil and is given as three injections over a six-month...
Tags: easterbrook, FDA, hpv, vaccine
- Winston Churchill High School63BCC43Mar 4 / Girls Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School72WJ32Mar 2 / Girls Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School60Damascus10Feb 21 / Girls Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School65Damascus70Feb 21 / Boys Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School73Northwest59Feb 7 / Boys Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School55Whitman56Jan 24 / Boys Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School53Whitman33Jan 24 / Girls Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School62Whitman58Jan 15 / Boys Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School72Whitman29Jan 15 / Girls Basketball
- Winston Churchill High School64Wootton50Jan 10 / Boys Basketball