Houston Business Journal, Aug. 14, 2009
UTMB's Dr. Christine Turley is quoted in this article about UTMB being selected by the NIH to conduct pediatric vaccine trials for the H1N1 virus. "Because children have had so many fewer seasons of exposure to influenza, their immune systems are considered naïve and at much higher risk for serious illness and death than adults," Turley said. "This is a key reason that the vaccine is being studied in children so quickly." News that UTMB is conducting the trials also was reported by KTRK-TV (Ch. 13) Houston, KHOU-TV (Ch. 11) Houston, the Beaumont Enterprise and the Galveston County Daily News. The Houston Chronicle's Robert Stanton wrote about it in his blog, Galveston After Ike. KXLN-TV (Ch. 45) Univision in Houston on Sunday interviewed UTMB's Dr. Ragini Miryala about the trials.