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Working towards a one shot life-long flu vaccine

An extraordinary breakthrough in influenza research moves us closer to the development of a vaccine that can protect against all new influenza viruses, with the potential of developing a one-off universal flu shot. The...

4 June, 2015

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Vaccines developed for H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza strains

A recent study with Kansas State University researchers details vaccine development for two new strains of avian influenza that can be transmitted from poultry to humans. The strains have led to the culling of millions...

25 May, 2015

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New HPV vaccine can prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers, research says

New research suggests that a recently developed human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can potentially prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers if it is administered before the child is 11 or 12 years old. HPV is a common...

15 May, 2015

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Pediatric infectious disease expert sheds light on vaccine myths

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have saved more the 732,000 lives in the past two decades and studies have repeatedly shown that they are the best way to protect our communities...

15 May, 2015

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Researcher develops bird flu vaccine using virus commonly found in dogs

Researchers at the University of Georgia have used a virus commonly found in dogs as the foundation for a new vaccine against H7N9 influenza, more commonly known as bird flu. H7N9 is one of several influenza virus...

15 May, 2015

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One Step Closer to an Insulin Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes

An international team of researchers from Bristol, Dresden, Munich, Vienna and Denver have successfully completed the first step in the development of an insulin vaccine to prevent type 1 diabetes. The Pre-POINT study...

8 May, 2015

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Cholera vaccine stocks could save millions of refugees in Nepal

First the quake, now the disease. The earthquake in Nepal on 25 April drove 2.8 million people into tents with little clean water or sanitation. Infections like hepatitis and diarrhoea are now appearing, but the biggest...

8 May, 2015

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Pneumococcal vaccine roll out cuts hospitalisations by 70 percent

New data shows that South Africa’s expensive pneumococcal vaccine roll out has cut childhood hospitalisations due to meningitis, pneumonia and rotavirus by 70 percent in just five years, according to Minister of Health...

7 May, 2015

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Novel Shingles vaccine effective in older adults

New form of vaccine also effective in persons with immunosuppression A herpes zoster subunit vaccine (HZ/su) was associated with a high vaccine efficacy for adults over 50 compared with placebo, according to phase III...

7 May, 2015

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Rubella virus officially eliminated from the Americas

The disease joins the ranks of polio and smallpox It’s official: rubella, a disease that can be deadly for fetuses, has been eliminated from the Americas. The news was announced today by a scientific panel...

4 May, 2015

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