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Life-saving drugs and deadly delays

The Food and Drug Administration just granted permission for “expanded access” to an experimental medicine for Ebola. It’s OK as far as it goes, but it’s an exception to the FDA’s reluctance to approve the use of life...

3 October, 2014

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On World Rabies Day, here’s all you need to know about rabies and its prevention

September 28 has been World Rabies Day. It has been recognised as such by the United Nations and marked every year since 2007. The campaign is coordinated by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control. The day has been...

3 October, 2014

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Failed cancer vaccines might live again with new immune drugs

Using vaccines to fight cancer is a field littered with failures but experts believe it is possible the approach could get a new lease of life if such shots are combined with a new class of drugs called checkpoint...

3 October, 2014

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Looking towards a serum from Ebola survivors to aid in outbreak treatment efforts

Eight months since the Ebola virus showed its face in a village in Guinea in December, and with more than 3,000 total Ebola-related deaths, the international community is scaling up response efforts, which until now...

29 September, 2014

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Infectious disease outbreaks require coordinated, high-tech responses

As the world grows smaller, warmer and wetter, governments need to have an organizational blueprint about how to best respond to infectious disease outbreaks, according to researchers. Writing in the journal Science...

29 September, 2014

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Needle-free delivery devices to shape the future of vaccines

The nanopatch is a micro-needle patch comprising of little, densely packed micro-projections with a defined geometry. Drug delivery technologies that improve access and overall efficacy are becoming an essential part of...

26 September, 2014

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Wireless sensor warns if vaccines get too hot

A wireless sensor that sends text message alerts to healthcare workers could help better protect temperature-sensitive vaccines and provide crucial data on storage, transport and distribution infrastructures in...

19 September, 2014

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Gut microbes affect flu vaccine effectiveness

Researchers have discovered that the composition of the microorganisms in the gut affect effectivity of the seasonal flu vaccine. This potentially means that your gut bacteria affect how effective the vaccine will be...

19 September, 2014

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The deadly truth about vaccine denialism

Nearly 15 years ago, the unspeakable happened in AIDS-ravaged South Africa. The nation’s president, Thabo Mbeki, was apparently fooled by posts on Western Internet websites that disputed whether HIV caused AIDS, and he...

19 September, 2014

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Pitt scientists collaborate in effort to combat the deadly MERS virus

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is leading an international team of scientists working on a vaccine to immunize camels, which are believed to be infecting humans with a contagious and deadly virus...

19 September, 2014

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