Texas Hospital To Study Experimental H1N1 Vaccines
HOUSTON, Texas – The Baylor College of Medicine received over 300 responses for paid volunteers to test the vaccine for the H1N1 flu. The clinical trial takes into account two experimental vaccines for what has been otherwise known as the “swine flu.” Volunteers will be paid for their trouble of being monitored for six months; they must report any reactions such as redness, swelling, fever, body aches, and/or muscle weakness. “We are mainly looking at how the body responds against this new strain,” said Dr. Hana El Sahly, an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. The trials start in a week, though the actual flu season begins in mid-September. Public health officials expect over 150 million doses of the vaccine for delivery this fall. The officials, however, do not want a repeat of the 1976 swine flu vaccine campaign that caused a large number of people to become paralyzed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Baylor College of Medicine is one of eight trial sites, including St. Louis University in St. Louis, Children
