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WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) strategy for improving hand hygiene is easy for health-care workers to practise, according to a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. It observed that health care...

30 August, 2013

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Can a usable H7N9 vaccine be made?

Can a usable vaccine against the H7N9 bird flu virus be made? Studies that are about to start should offer clues soon, says the director of the U.S. government program spearheading the work. Four flu vaccine...

27 August, 2013

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Dr. Peter Hotez: Arab revolutions and infrastructure breakdown causing disease proliferation

Houston-based physician and researcher Dr. Peter J. Hotez MD PhD, America’s leading advocate for and internationally recognized expert on tropical diseases and vaccine development, drew attention to the often overlooked...

26 August, 2013

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Indonesia launches pentavalent vaccine

In an attempt to reduce the children-under-five mortality rate and expand the coverage of the national vaccination program, the government has launched the pentavalent vaccine, a vaccine that combines five antigens —...

26 August, 2013

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Asthma, diabetes and other health conditions increase flu risks

The CDC urges the millions of Americans with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, stroke, or heart or lung disease to get a flu vaccine. A chronic health condition, even if it’s well managed, increases a...

26 August, 2013

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Effort to eliminate polio gets coordinated worldwide focus

In a world where I constantly feel like I have to defend my advocacy of full vaccination, it is sometimes reassuring to look backward. There is nothing more profound than the history of the polio vaccine. Thanks to...

23 August, 2013

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Why the world is not yet done with polio

The crippling virus has been almost eliminated—but stubborn pockets remain. The finish line for eradicating polio worldwide can seem like a weary marathoner’s mirage. The distance traveled is immense: The disease...

20 August, 2013

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New H7N9 bird flu case reported in South China

Chinese health authorities have reported a new case of infection with the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the country’s southern province of Guangdong. On Friday, provincial medical personnel said the 51-year-old female...

20 August, 2013

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Newly created Malaria vaccine is 100% effective

Scientists have finally created a Malaria vaccine that is 100 percent effective, sources confirmed. According to the researchers, this vaccine will help prevent fatal diseases and other complications that may be brought...

20 August, 2013

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Common virus associated with colon cancer

A virus that is found up more than 90 per cent of the population has turned up in colon cancer samples. The JC virus (John Cunningham virus) is widespread, affecting nearly the entire human population from childhood...

20 August, 2013

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