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Why teens may be behind on vaccinations

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...

20 March, 2013

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UCLA researchers predict hotspots for future outbreaks of influenza virus

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...

18 March, 2013

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Scientists seek ‘super vaccine’ for newborns

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...

14 March, 2013

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DNA research seeks vaccine for Malaria

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...

10 March, 2013

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Influenza virus: Being the most beneficial mutation is no guarantee of long-term genetic success, research finds

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...

10 March, 2013

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High-tech images show how viruses infect cells

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...

10 March, 2013

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Drug halts flu virus spread

In an effort to combat drug-resistant flu virus strains, researchers have developed a new class of drug that prevents the virus from spreading between cells. When the flu virus infects a cell, it binds to the cell and...

1 March, 2013

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Scientists develop new drug effective against drug-resistant influenza

Scientists writing in the journal Science say they have found a new class of influenza drug, effective against drug-resistant strains of the flu virus. University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers published details...

1 March, 2013

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CDC says flu vaccine was ineffective this season

Despite promoting its benefits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the flu vaccine has been largely ineffective this season. The vaccine was mostly ineffective for people 65 and older...

1 March, 2013

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New flu vaccine? Drug shuts down resistant strains of influenza virus

Researchers show that DFSAs, a new class of influenza drug, can inactivate drug-resistant strains of the flu virus by shutting down a key enzyme. Researchers from the University of British Columbia led a study that was...

26 February, 2013

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