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7 ways to get vaccinated without a needle
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7 ways to get vaccinated without a needle

Vaccines are utterly crucial for preventing a whole host of different diseases. Yet many people refuse to get them. Why is that? One possible reason is that some people are scared away by needles. So, in response...

5 September, 2014
4 min read
The economic case for wiping out Ebola
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The economic case for wiping out Ebola

On Aug. 22, the World Health Organization announced a draft strategy to combat the West African Ebola outbreak over the next six to nine months. That’s a sign that the global health body isn’t optimistic about a rapid...

1 September, 2014
5 min read
Rare flu strains could be key to super-vaccine
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Rare flu strains could be key to super-vaccine

Research suggests that unfamiliar flu strains cause immune system to release broadly effective antibodies. Rarer forms of flu may be the key to producing a vaccine giving protection against many different strains...

29 August, 2014
3 min read
Vaccine bonuses
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Vaccine bonuses

Vaccines have now been proven to help reduce antibiotic resistance. A recent report in Nature speaks of how vaccination against a pneumococcus strain has had an unexpected positive effect for subjects in Africa—besides...

26 August, 2014
2 min read