Is haemophilus influenzae the same bug responsible for the flu?
No. Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterium, while the microbes that cause the flu are viruses. The Hib vaccine recall does not affect flu vaccines. How can I find out whether my child was vaccinated with one of the recalled shots? Your doctor will know whether he or she received doses from the lots in question. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are contacting all health care providers and asking them to return unused vaccines from these lots. If my child was vaccinated with a vaccine from one of the affected lots, will he get sick? Probably not. Officials at the CDC and FDA stress that there is no serious health risk associated with this recall. The vaccines themselves have not been contaminated so far, but Merck decided to pull all the shots made on those machines as a precaution. What if the vaccines are contaminated what signs or symptoms should I look for? If your child does get sick from the vaccine, the symptoms of a bacterial infecti
