The drug maker Sanofi-Aventis on Wednesday reported that a single dose of the company's H1N1 vaccine provided protection against the H1N1 virus in children and adults, Reuters reports. "One dose of Panenza or the adjuvent or booster-type of vaccine Humenza is considered protective in 93 percent or more of adults aged 18 to 59 years and in 83 percent or more of adults 60 years and older. In children, the protective response was 94 percent," the news service writes. Researchers reported that participants in the clinical trial did not experience any serious adverse effects from the vaccine (Jacobs, 10/8).

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