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Oxford Vaccine Group begins first trial of new Ebola vaccine

Oxford University doctors and scientists are starting the first safety trial of an experimental preventative Ebola vaccine regimen being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson...

16 January, 2015

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China approves new polio vaccine

China has approved a new polio vaccine, the first of its kind to be produced in the country, a month after local authorities gave the green light for a home-grown Ebola vaccine amid Beijing’s push to become a...

16 January, 2015

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New study explains why HIV vaccine backfires

Several studies have discovered that HIV vaccines can backfire and lead to increased rates of the infection, as opposed to reducing or eliminating the viral pathogen. Now, a new study published in the Proceedings of the...

16 January, 2015

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CDC: Vaccine can’t handle this ‘severe’ flu season

The 2014-2015 flu season is “severe,” especially for those 65 and over, children under 5 years old and those with other medical conditions, warned Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

16 January, 2015

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LA BioMed develops promising vaccine to combat MRSA

Grappling with one of the world’s deadliest contagions for more than a decade without a breakthrough, the country’s leading infectious disease researchers have high hopes for a vaccine developed locally. The NDV-3...

12 January, 2015

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UN extends use of meningitis vaccine to African infants

The World Health Organisation has approved giving a groundbreaking meningitis vaccine manufactured in India, which does not have to be stored in fridges or iceboxes, to babies across Africa, experts said. WHO’s...

12 January, 2015

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Discovery of dengue vaccine

A class of antibodies to make vaccines for dengue has been found, researchers said. A new class of antibodies that can neutralize all four types of dengue virus produced from mosquito or human cells has now been...

12 January, 2015

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Inhalable vaccines for the flu and pneumonia use nanoparticles for painless access, extended shelf life

Hoping to avoid the refrigeration costs and pain brought on by injectable vaccines, a team of scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have teamed up to develop...

12 January, 2015

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The Lancet: Trial confirms Ebola vaccine candidate safe and equally immunogenic in Africa

Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus are safe, and generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults as reported in healthy US adults earlier this year...

26 December, 2014

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The link between imperfect vaccines and disease

New mathematical models explore why some vaccines are more effective than others. A new mathematical model that tests the effectiveness of different vaccine types could help explain why certain diseases are still...

26 December, 2014

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