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Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure
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Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure

After 16 years of détente, scientists are once again ready to go to war with the AIDS virus. Unsatisfied with transforming AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic condition, researchers who once thought cure was...

20 July, 2012
4 min read
The long struggle: vaccines versus malaria
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The long struggle: vaccines versus malaria

After clean water, vaccines may have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. Eradication of malaria, a disease that may have killed more humans than any other single cause, likely requires a malaria...

20 July, 2012
9 min read
Expert says typhoid vaccination is crucial
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Expert says typhoid vaccination is crucial

Typhoid vaccinations are a vital step in Thailand’s efforts to curb outbreaks of the disease that claims more than 200,000 deaths a year in developing countries, a health expert says. Apart from providing sanitary...

10 July, 2012
2 min read
Decade of vaccines
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Decade of vaccines

In 1736, Benjamin Franklin stressed the importance of fire prevention when he said that “an ounce of prevention is better than cure.” Franklin would have not realized that his advice would go beyond fire...

29 June, 2012
4 min read
Vaccine storage found to be less than cool
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Vaccine storage found to be less than cool

The Vaccines for Children program has been providing free vaccines to children in need for nearly two decades. Unfortunately, a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has found that a...

8 June, 2012
2 min read