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QR codes on vaccines help collect EHR data, reduce errors

That suddenly ubiquitous square of blocks and splotches seen on advertisements, magazines, and even the sides of vans and trucks might be the key to collecting error-free vaccination data, the Center for Disease Control...

19 August, 2013

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New Malaria vaccine confirmed to be effective and safe

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) confirmed that the new malaria vaccine PfSPZ is safe to use and effective in providing protection against malaria. Based on results from an early stage...

19 August, 2013

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Climate change affects disease spread worldwide

Human risk of disease from carriers that might respond to higher temperatures is complicated by other factors. Some like it hot: more protozoans can infect the monarch butterfly as climates become milder; nematode...

19 August, 2013

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New human H7N9 case sparks concerns of continued infections

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a new lab-confirmed case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza A virus (bird flu). This is the...

19 August, 2013

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Australian researchers to develop new TB vaccine

Australian researchers are set to launch a study to develop a new Tuberculosis vaccine that will boost immunity in children and protect them from allergies. Over 1,400 children are expected to be part of this research...

16 August, 2013

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New strategy to disarm the dengue virus

A new strategy that cripples the ability of the dengue virus to escape the host immune system has been discovered by A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN). This strategy could lead to the world’s first universal...

16 August, 2013

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Malaria vaccine can prevent 300,000 children’s deaths – UNICEF

Following the successful trial of a new malaria vaccine currently developed and tested in the United States, the United Nations Children Education Fund, (UNICEF), has described it as a welcome development. According to...

15 August, 2013

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Human trials using a leukaemia virus to fight advanced skin cancer are on track to start in Adelaide later this year

In a national first, researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Centre for Cancer Biology intend to tweak the body’s own defensive cells to target cancer by genetically engineering them into search and...

15 August, 2013

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Researchers create more effective Salmonella-based vaccines

Scientists are working to improve the effectiveness of a Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella Vaccine by modifying its ability to survive the hostile stomach environment, according to a recent study published in the...

12 August, 2013

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Malaria vaccine found safe and protective

A team of researchers found an investigational malaria vaccine has to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection in healthy adults. Malaria is transmitted to humans...

12 August, 2013

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