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Vaccine development: thinking out of the cold box

Heat is rendering life-saving vaccines ineffective in areas which need them most. What will it take for the drug companies to act? Immunisation is widely accepted to be one of the great public health successes of recent...

26 May, 2014

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As MERS virus spreads, Saudis question Mecca preparedness ahead of high pilgrimage season

Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world...

19 May, 2014

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases: New early warning system predicts dengue fever risk during the soccer World Cup in Brazil

For the first time, scientists have developed an early warning system to predict the risk of dengue infections for the 553 microregions of Brazil during the football World Cup. The estimates, published in The Lancet...

19 May, 2014

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Vaccine safety scare stalls China’s disease control

China’s health watchdog is worried that a drop in vaccination coverage driven by vaccine safety concerns will offset its achievements in limiting infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and measles. The number of...

25 April, 2014

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MERS vaccine to be available in six months, says virologist

A Saudi virologist said the development of a vaccine within the next six months will help ease incidence of MERS infections, China’s Xinhua news agency reported quoting local media. Aymen Johrji, dean of the...

25 April, 2014

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Vaccines are safe

Across the world, nearly 4 million children under the age of five die yearly due to vaccine preventable diseases. An alarming number are beginning to occur in the United States as myths surrounding vaccination are...

25 April, 2014

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The Lancet: Small cash incentives dramatically improve hepatitis B vaccination rates among injecting drug users

Small financial incentives, totalling as little as £30, can dramatically increase the likelihood of people who inject drugs completing a course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination, according to new research published...

25 April, 2014

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Study reveals viral hepatitis more deadly than HIV/AIDS in Europe

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) revealed on April 11 at the International Liver CongressTM 2014 that viral hepatitis is more deadly across European Union countries than HIV/AIDS. The study showed that...

22 April, 2014

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India declared polio-free, but global risks persist

The World Health Organisation declared India free of the crippling polio virus, making the country’s almost two-decade-long, multi-billion-dollar effort one of the biggest public health achievements in recent...

4 April, 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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