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Pertussis Outbreak May Be Worst in 50 Years, CDC Says

Reported cases of pertussis are at their highest level in 50 years, a top official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, adding that outbreaks in several states should encourage all...

23 July, 2012

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Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure

After 16 years of détente, scientists are once again ready to go to war with the AIDS virus. Unsatisfied with transforming AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic condition, researchers who once thought cure was...

20 July, 2012

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The long struggle: vaccines versus malaria

After clean water, vaccines may have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. Eradication of malaria, a disease that may have killed more humans than any other single cause, likely requires a malaria...

20 July, 2012

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Viruses’ copying mechanism demystified, opening the door to new vaccine strategies

Certain kinds of viruses such as those that cause the common cold, SARS, hepatitis, and encephalitis, copy themselves using a unique mechanism, according to a team of Penn State University scientists that includes David...

20 July, 2012

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Hong Kong approves new bird flu vaccine

The Hong Kong Government (HKG) has announced that will recommend the Re-5 H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) vaccine for use as an alternative for the already in use Intervet Nobilis H5N1 AI vaccine. Hong Kong maintains a...

18 July, 2012

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FDA approves drug that can prevent getting HIV/AIDS

Adults who do not have HIV but are at risk of getting the disease will now be able to take a drug to reduce their chance of getting infected. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drug for...

17 July, 2012

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Compulsory jabs not just a shot in the dark

About five years ago, two young girls died in a Philadelphia hospital. They were being treated for cancer, and caught the flu. Their immune systems were suppressed by the assault of chemotherapy drugs, so the flu...

16 July, 2012

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Discovery could lead to new virus drugs

The first 3D image of a common cold virus generated by the fastest computer in the southern hemisphere could lead to new viral drug treatments, Melbourne scientists say. Researchers have simulated the full genome of the...

16 July, 2012

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Studies give insight into swine flu vaccine safety

Millions of people have been vaccinated for swine flu since the first outbreak in 2009. Pregnant women are among the high-risk groups strongly encouraged to receive the H1N1 vaccine. A new study in the Journal of the...

12 July, 2012

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Analysis – Bird flu vaccine now? More than a shot in the dark

Culls of hundreds of thousands of chickens, turkeys and ducks to stem bird flu outbreaks rarely make international headlines these days, but they are a worryingly common event as the deadly virus continues its march...

12 July, 2012

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