May 16, 2012

vaccine

Mar 28, 2012

HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

By Katharina Schwan

We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since this controversial Republican...

HPV, Cancer, vaccine

Jan 26, 2012

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Meningitis Vaccine Development

By Gilan Megeed

Following the scare in Kuwait of a possible Meningitis-Neisseria outbreak, news came out of a potential breakthrough in the development of an effective preventative vaccine against Meningitis...

meningitis, vaccine

Oct 25, 2011

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Malaria Vaccine Becoming a Reality?

By Katharina Schwan

Initial outcomes from a Phase-III trial conducted for a malaria vaccine shows promising results. The vaccine, RTS,S reduced the risk of developing life-threatening malaria by nearly 50 percent...

malaria, vaccine

Sep 26, 2011

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September 28 2011: World Rabies Day

By Amy Hansen

Each year on Sept. 28 events are held worldwide to raise awareness about the impact of rabies in both humans and animals. Despite rabies being vaccine-preventable, over 55,000 people die each year...

rabies, vaccine, pet, dog

Aug 31, 2011

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Paralyzing Virus Returns to China

By Anna Tomasulo

On Friday night, four children in China’s Xinjiang province were diagnosed with polio, a virus absent from China for over a decade. The poliovirus can cause irreversible paralysis and has no...

polio, China, peru, vaccine

May 18, 2011

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HIV/AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise

By healthmap

A new HIV/AIDS vaccine may be in the works as research at an Oregon University has shown to prevent virus replication in monkeys. Louis Picker, a researcher at Oregon Health Sciences University (...

HIV, AIDS, vaccine