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Vaccine ignorance — deadly and contagious
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Vaccine ignorance — deadly and contagious

In the absence of credible, strong political leadership, paranoia about disease can go viral. We’ve seen this happen around the world with a wide range of illnesses, from swine flu to SARS to Ebola. And even after...

24 October, 2014
4 min read
Chinese HIV vaccine finishes safety testing
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Chinese HIV vaccine finishes safety testing

A new HIV/AIDS vaccine, developed by Chinese scientists, has completed its safety testing stage, the results of which will soon be submitted to the Chinese authorities, experts said during the 2014 National Conference...

24 October, 2014
3 min read
Live vaccines more effective against Salmonella
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Live vaccines more effective against Salmonella

Researchers at Cambridge University have effectively ‘barcoded’ the bacteria so that they can see where in the body they go and how they fare against the immune system. Vaccines against Salmonella that use a live, but...

16 October, 2014
5 min read
Ebola drugs are in the works
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Ebola drugs are in the works

Scientists racing to develop something that will stop the largest Ebola epidemic in history are trying a variety of experimental drugs on patients. Without a cure, the disease has killed at least 3,431 people and...

10 October, 2014
6 min read
Why there’s no Ebola vaccine, yet?
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Why there’s no Ebola vaccine, yet?

Search for vaccine is often a very expensive business. There has to be a large ready market for pharmaceutical companies to invest their private capital. So, the question is, are drug companies interested in something...

10 October, 2014
2 min read