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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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Science app brings clarity on vaccination and climate

The answers to six pivotal questions on immunisation and vaccines have been addressed by a panel of 12 Australian experts in the field. The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) recently released a free ‘Science...

28 March, 2014

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Measles eliminated in four Western Pacific countries – WHO

The World Health Organization has declared the elimination of measles in four of 37 areas it covers in the Western Pacific, a region that is home to more than 1.8 billion people and includes some of the world’s poorest...

24 March, 2014

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Unicef, WHO, government reestablish national immunization program

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (Unicef), World Health Organization (WHO) and the government have joined to re-establish the national immunization program by rebuilding the cold chain infrastructure which was...

24 March, 2014

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Anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and children’s health

A belief in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories may have significant and detrimental consequences for children’s health, new research from the University of Kent has shown. Researchers Daniel Jolley and Dr Karen...

3 March, 2014

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Researchers identify novel immunological mechanism important for vaccine development

Researchers have discovered the presence of a novel subtype of innate lymphoid cells in human spleen essential for the production of antibodies. This discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature Immunology...

3 March, 2014

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Diseases resurface with decline in vaccinations

Despite the continuing technological and scientific advances in medicine, old disease threats are starting to resurface as public health problems. Some argue that we are rapidly approaching a “post-antibiotic” era due...

17 February, 2014

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Discovery may aid vaccine design for common form of malaria

A form of malaria common in India, Southeast Asia and South America attacks human red blood cells by clamping down on the cells with a pair of proteins, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St...

3 February, 2014

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Free, hi-tech HIV vaccine coming soon

A revolutionary, free and crowd-funded HIV vaccine is in the works. Its creators use a machine learning algorithm to examine the cells of rare individuals naturally immune to the virus to then re-engineer the same...

3 February, 2014

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Synthetic gene helps HIV vaccine hit shape-shifting foe

An HIV vaccine that uses a synthetic gene to trigger an immune response might offer a way to protect against the virus where others have failed. Most vaccines work by training immune cells called B-cells to produce...

24 January, 2014

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