TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- For those suffering from the chronic skin disorder psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases, a new study finds the shingles vaccine appears to be both safe and effective. It had been thought the vaccine might boost the risk of developing shingles in these patients, the researchers explained.
Share. 88 shares. The euro fell 0.4 per cent to $1.1728, its lowest level in nine years and below $1.1747, the level it started trading at in Sydney on January 4 1999. The euro also hit a new six-year lows against sterling at 77.40p, making a pound worth â¬1.295.omments. World markets were hit by another bout of global economic growth fears today with London shares falling 2.8 per cent as the copper price was hammered. The euro also fell below its 1999 launch value versus the dollar for the first time in nine years, and to six-year lows against the pound.
On January 1, 1999, eleven European countries have replaced their national currencies and introduced a single European currency, the euro. Today (December 2001) the euro is the official currency in 12 countries.Bills and coins of the national currencies will remain in circulation as subdenominations of the euro until January 1, 2002, when they will be exchanged against new euro coins and bills.he 15-nation European Parliament agreed that Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Ireland and Luxembourg will switch to the newly-created currency called the euro on January 1, 1999. Britain, Sweden, and Denmark have decided not to participate.