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Pneumonia vaccine reducing pediatric admissions

In Tennessee, the introduction in 2010 of a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and young children coincides with a 27 percent decline in pneumonia hospital admissions across the state among children under age 2...

7 November, 2014

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At symposium, vaccine seen as best hope for arresting Ebola

At a wide-ranging symposium on West Africa’s Ebola epidemic today, much of the attention focused on the hope of an effective vaccine, as a US official announced that a large clinical trial of two candidate...

17 October, 2014

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CDC fears Ebola virus ‘out of control’; human trials on third vaccine to begin early 2015

The Ebola outbreak may be “spiraling out of control” as the Center of Disease Control and Prevention director predicts the virus will only get worse. According to a CBS report, Dr Tom Frieden revealed that...

8 September, 2014

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Ebola outbreak shows lack of global real-time biosurveillance system

The Ebola outbreak in Africa has reinforced the fact that there is no globally linked, interoperable system to prevent infectious disease threats, detect outbreaks in real-time, and to respond effectively before they...

18 August, 2014

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Ebola vaccine won’t come without taking some risks

The current West African Ebola virus outbreak, which has now reached more than 1,000 cases and resulted in more than 800 deaths, is a reminder of the often unpredictable nature of viruses and the difficulties in finding...

8 August, 2014

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Whooping cough vaccine efficacy under study

Scientists and public health officials are studying a Vermont whooping cough epidemic to determine if the current vaccine is less effective against a new strain sweeping the country. The Centers for Disease Control and...

29 July, 2014

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Infectious diseases still major public health issue, CDC says

Infectious diseases continue to pose “substantial challenges” to US public health, despite efforts and advances in control, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

8 July, 2014

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How Congress brought the measles back

In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a stunning declaration: Measles — a disease that once infected 3 million to 4 million Americans each year, and killed 500 of them — had been eliminated in the...

23 June, 2014

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U.S. sees record-breaking reports of measles cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had recorded the largest number of reported measles cases in the U.S. during the first five months of any year since 1994. The CDC saw 288 reported cases...

20 June, 2014

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Study shows flu vaccine reduced children’s risk of intensive care unit flu admission by three-fourths

Getting a flu vaccine reduces a child’s risk of flu-related intensive care hospitalization by 74 percent, according to a CDC study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study is the first to estimate...

28 March, 2014

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