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A movement toward individualized vaccines

X chromosomes kick your immune system into gear. The colder season seems to be synonymous with vaccine season, year after year; as we layer up for winter, recommendations for flu shots seem to pop up everywhere. Despite...

1 February, 2016

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Infectious disease vaccines: A new approach to global health security

Until recently, border security and immigration control were seen as two of the best frontline defenses against not just terrorism, but also threats to global health security such as infectious disease. But in today’s...

1 February, 2016

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UN health chief: Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively’

The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Thursday, announcing a special meeting next week to...

1 February, 2016

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New MenB vaccine could provide babies with protection against deadly MenW strain

New research recently published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that the new MenB vaccine Bexsero (routinely offered to UK infants since September 2015) should provide additional protection against a...

29 January, 2016

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Bacterial ‘superglue’ could speed vaccine creation

Synthetic biologists and an interdisciplinary team based at the University of Oxford recently created a bacterial superglue that researchers may be able to use to speed the development of vaccines. The bacterial...

22 January, 2016

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Infant-friendly flu vaccine developed with key protein

According to the World Health Organization, influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most at risk include infants younger than six months...

21 January, 2016

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Global supply of oral cholera vaccine to double after WHO approves new supplier

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that supply for life-saving oral cholera vaccine will double this year. Two manufacturers currently supply 3 million doses of the vaccine but the U.N. agency said that...

12 January, 2016

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Miracle jab to stop Alzheimer’s: Wonder vaccine may hold key to halting disease

Researchers are testing the potency of a vaccine to destroy “toxic tangles”, which are a hallmark of the disease. Trials involving patients with early stages of the incurable condition are already under way. If...

4 January, 2016

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The search for a safer polio vaccine in a polio-free world

Polio, otherwise known as poliomyelitis, is a disease that the world, as a whole, is eager to be rid of. Once it has been permanently destroyed, the medical community will face new challenges. The polio virus has the...

4 January, 2016

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Ebola studies reveal new findings on survivors, vaccine

As the Ebola outbreak winds down in West Africa, with no cases reported again last week, researchers reported new findings about complications in survivors and about clinical trial findings for one of the candidate...

24 December, 2015

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