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Special gene potentially responsible for Chinese fatal infections of H7N9 bird flu disease

The H7N9 strain of bird flu is continuing to spread and take the lives of Chinese citizens, despite government efforts to stem the outbreak. On Tuesday, three more people had died from the avian flu, state news...

7 February, 2014

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Oral cholera vaccine ‘offers protection for five years’

Cholera can now be prevented effectively for five years with an oral vaccine, a clinical trial in India has shown. Details of the trial are to be published in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The...

7 January, 2014

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WHO estimates 26 million lives can be saved through immunization efforts

The World Health Organization’s Coordinator for Programme and Impact Monitoring to the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Dr. Thomas Cherian called for international government to improve vaccination...

5 January, 2014

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Israeli study sparks new research into fighting infectious diseases in babies

The need to let helpful microbes do their work weakens a baby’s immune system, a problem challenging an Israeli scientist. That babies are especially sensitive to bacterial infections isn’t news. According to the World...

20 December, 2013

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H7N9 influenza virus not adapted to efficient human-to-human transmission

The avian H7N9 influenza virus that emerged earlier this year in China is poorly adapted for sustained transmission between humans, suggesting that the current form of the virus is unlikely to cause a pandemic...

9 December, 2013

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WHO predicts 26 million deaths avoidable if governments implement appropriate vaccination programs

The World Health Organization’s Coordinator for Programme and Impact Monitoring in the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, Dr. Thomas Cherian predicts that 26 million deaths from vaccine...

6 December, 2013

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Mers virus ‘found in camels in Qatar’

Scientists have found cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in camels in Qatar, health officials said on Thursday, fuelling speculation that camels might be the animal reservoir that allowed the virus to...

2 December, 2013

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Experimental avian flu vaccine shows promise in early trial

The first human test of an experimental vaccine against a deadly strain of avian flu, using novel technology that could produce millions of doses very quickly, produced protective antibodies in the vast majority of...

14 November, 2013

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UN health agency approves new encephalitis vaccine to protect children in developing countries

The United Nations health agency has approved a new vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE), stressing that access to the vaccine will help save the lives of children in developing countries. The World Health...

1 November, 2013

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Millions of children in Syria and region to be vaccinated against polio, measles, mumps and rubella

As Syria awaits confirmation of suspected polio cases in the east of the country, UNICEF has joined the World Health Organisation and other partners in mounting a large-scale immunisation effort aimed at protecting as...

28 October, 2013

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