IVW: Long Odds for a Universal Flu Vaccine

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 05/04/2009 - 08:36

CANNES, France (MedPage Today) -- A universal influenza vaccine that provides protection against multiple viruses, including those that emerge unexpectedly like the 2009 H1N1 (swine) virus, is not likely to be available in the near future, if at all, according to researchers here.

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