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WHO to pick who gets Canada’s Ebola vaccine

Ebola has killed more than 1,000 during West African outbreak. Canada will donate doses of its experimental Ebola vaccine to the international community and the World Health Organization will help determine who receives...

15 August, 2014

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The first malaria vaccine could be available in a year

After 31 years of research, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has filed for regulatory approval for the first-ever malaria vaccine–which also happens to be the first vaccine developed against a parasite. The clinical trial...

15 August, 2014

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FDA authorizes Ebola test; vaccine will probably take until 2015

The test was developed by the U.S. military and is used to detect the Zaire strain of Ebola, which has killed more than 930 people in West Africa. The FDA has authorized use of an unapproved Ebola virus test under a...

8 August, 2014

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Ebola vaccine won’t come without taking some risks

The current West African Ebola virus outbreak, which has now reached more than 1,000 cases and resulted in more than 800 deaths, is a reminder of the often unpredictable nature of viruses and the difficulties in finding...

8 August, 2014

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NIH to launch early Ebola vaccine trial in September

The USA will launch an early-stage trial in September of an experimental vaccine against Ebola, the deadly viral disease that has killed 729 people in the largest outbreak in history. The National Institutes of Health...

1 August, 2014

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Online information most cost-effective means of increasing MMR uptake, research finds

Giving parents access to a website containing information about the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the most cost-effective way of increasing its uptake, new University of Leeds research has found. Informing...

1 August, 2014

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The super-abundant virus controlling your gut bacteria

A new virus has been discovered that could lurk in the guts of almost three-quarters of people around the world, making it one of the most ubiquitous viruses you never knew you had. The virus, which replicates by...

29 July, 2014

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Big Data strategy to revolutionise infectious disease diagnosis

Public Health England have drawn together advanced data tools to better their diagnosis and surveillance of life-threatening infectious diseases. The Department of Health’s executive agency Public Health England is...

22 July, 2014

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Early HIV drugs ‘may not stop virus’

HIV can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research. A baby was thought to have been cured with treatment hours after birth, but...

22 July, 2014

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At 5 billion, PATH’s life-saving labels make vaccines more effective

Sometimes, a simple technical fix – or techno-fix, as the critics like to say – is exactly what’s needed. It’s getting people, organizations and industry to accept the change that can be the biggest complication...

22 July, 2014

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