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India ‘polio free’ despite death

The death of a 10-month-old baby in Maharashtra state’s Latur District on Saturday blemishes India’s record in fighting polio but won’t impact the country’s march toward being certified polio-free. On Jan. 13, India...

26 June, 2013

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Sabin Vaccine Institute launches International Association of Immunization Managers

The Sabin Vaccine Institute announced the launch of the newly-formed International Association of Immunization Managers (IAIM). With the support of a five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...

25 June, 2013

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After rotavirus vaccine, DBT pushing for development of malaria, dengue vaccines

After successfully developing rotavirus vaccine indigenously for the first time in the country, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is aggressively pushing itself to replicate the success in the case of dengue and...

20 June, 2013

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Immunization programs affected by public concerns

Monitoring and analysis of vaccine concerns could help immunization programs adapt more effective and timely strategies to address public concerns, according to study results published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...

7 June, 2013

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Tokyo urged to aid disease eradication battle

The world may be on the verge of a historic breakthrough in the quest to eradicate infectious diseases once thought incurable, and Japan needs to be a key player, said Mark Dybul, an executive of the Global Fund to...

5 June, 2013

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AIDS epidemic: Is an end possible?

More than 30 years after the discovery of the AIDS virus, experts are optimistic that a cure for the disease will be found, and that an end to the AIDS epidemic is possible. But they caution there is still a lot of work...

3 June, 2013

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Cold viruses become active in colder temperatures, scientists confirm

Finally, there is scientific confirmation of what the world has always known. Researchers have confirmed that cold temperatures do trigger off the cold, that is, the most common global infection marked by runny noses...

23 May, 2013

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Thanks to debunked anti-vaccine study, U.K. sees dramatic surge in measles cases

U.K. public health officials are racing to contain a rash of measles outbreaks among older British children that threatens to spread the highly contagious disease throughout the country. The budding epidemic has been...

22 May, 2013

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Need cautious effort to eradicate polio: Experts

Even as India is less than a year away from being declared polio free, experts asked for cautious administration of vaccine to keep the virus in check. “India reported the last wild polio virus type 1 case in...

18 May, 2013

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New discovery may lead the way to improved whooping cough vaccine

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made novel discoveries concerning the current vaccine against whooping cough that may lead to the development of an improved future vaccine. The findings could help reduce the...

13 May, 2013

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