KTVU reports that the San Francisco Department of Public Health "estimated that about 9,000 doses of a pediatric H1N1 vaccine recalled by the federal government were distributed within the city." But, we're told, you have nothing to fear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recalled around 800,000 H1N1 vaccines because their "potency levels decreased after they were shipped to providers." more ›

So it seems even folks in the more wealthy, educated quarters of our fair city can succumb to superstition. The proprietors at the More Mojo clinic are throwing in their lot with the vaccine deniers at a session this weekend. more ›

Conducted by the Thailand Ministry of Public Health, a new vaccine study has shown "modest" benefits in preventing HIV. Said results show that we could have a "safe and effective" preventive vaccine at some point in the near future. According to CBS 5/AP, "The vaccine—a combination of two previously unsuccessful vaccines—cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 31 percent in the world's largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, researchers announced Thursday in Bangkok." more ›