A wholly acellular pertussis vaccine series increased disease risk when compared with the traditional whole-cell vaccine that it replaced, according to study data published online. David J. Witt, MD, of the department...
A new vaccine that has raised hopes of becoming a potent new tool in the battle against malaria seems to stop working in children after four years, according to research published recently. The vaccine candidate –...
Initial vaccinations for HPV for women aged younger than 14 years significantly reduced the incidence of condylomata acuminata, according to study results. However, out-of-pocket vaccination costs influenced vaccine...
Just two weeks after doctors rid a new-born baby of the disease, it appears the same treatment has worked on full-grown men and women. The 14 ‘functionally cured’ adults still have the deadly virus in their system, but...
A new survey finds even though vaccines for certain teenage illnesses are available and are found to be safe, many parents aren’t having their teens inoculated. The question is why? Researchers looked at parent...
This year’s unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues are...
Researchers have discovered a compound that could help protect the health of newborns when they are most vulnerable to infection. The compound — a vaccine additive — could make immunizations more effective...
U.S. researchers say a vaccine based on genetically engineered DNA could induce an immune response in humans to protect against malaria parasite infection. The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative U.S. researchers say a...
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have used computer modelling to understand why some mutations in a virus gene rise to dominance and become ‘fixed’ in the genome of the virus, while others die out...
As people around the world contend with illnesses caused by viruses, including this year’s strain of the flu or influenza, researchers continue to study how viruses work and how they manage to invade living cells...