Monday 06 02 12 20:04 UTC
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NATURAL HEALTH: Is HPV worse than vaccine?Niagara GazetteBy Catherine Stack Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — A few years back I wrote an article that questioned the effectiveness and potentially exposed some risks associated with the Swine flu vaccine. I was slammed with both positive and negative emails.and more » |
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Saturday 04 02 12 10:58 UTC
AllAfrica.com examines efforts by African researchers to develop a female-controlled HIV prevention method, writing, "Scientists searching for a gel or vaccine that can prevent HIV infection ride a rollercoaster of hope and disappointment." The article profiles efforts by researchers from the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) to find a microbicide gel to protect women from HIV infection. |
Thursday 02 02 12 09:00 UTC
Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu... |
Wednesday 01 02 12 23:40 UTC
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Wednesday 01 02 12 17:59 UTC
Researchers have found that on infecting 41 healthy volunteers with different strains of flu virus, those with higher levels of a specific type of white blood cell were less likely to develop severe illness. Now the team of researchers hopes to mimic the natural resistance shown by some of the volunteers, by creating a vaccine that boosts levels of a particular subset of the 'T-cells'. |
Wednesday 01 02 12 13:06 UTC
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30 cases of narcolepsy identified by HSERTE.ieA group representing families who believe their children developed narcolepsy after the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine met officials from the HSE and Department of Education. The Health Service Executive has said that it has identified 30 cases of the ...and more » |
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Wednesday 01 02 12 09:04 UTC
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Tuesday 31 01 12 20:43 UTC
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Tuesday 31 01 12 17:13 UTC
Some people have a natural resistance to all flu strains, according to British scientists who believe the finding will enable them to create a universal vaccine. |
Tuesday 31 01 12 13:32 UTC
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Sunday 29 01 12 19:47 UTC
Some bacteria can evade efforts to vaccinate against them by shifting their disguises, researchers have found. |
Friday 27 01 12 13:57 UTC
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Tuesday 24 01 12 09:04 UTC
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Sunday 22 01 12 19:01 UTC
Tiny capsules engineered to mimic part of the body's immune system could strengthen its response to vaccines, say researchers. |
Saturday 21 01 12 02:31 UTC
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Friday 20 01 12 13:12 UTC
Although there is an effective vaccine for hepatitis B and public health officials have a strong sense of who is at highest risk for the infectious liver disease, tens of thousands of people in the United States contract the virus every year. According to a new study by researchers at Brown University, missed opportunities to administer the vaccine continue to be a reason why infections persist. |
Friday 13 01 12 17:03 UTC
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi on Friday as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease," the Associated Press reports (1/13). |
Friday 13 01 12 16:10 UTC
T. Jacob John, a former professor of clinical virology an the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, who has served on several Global and National Committees on Immunization and Polio Eradication, writes in this opinion piece in India's Hindu, "While one year has passed without polio caused by natural poliovirus, we can claim complete eradication only after we ensure the absence of wild and vaccine polioviruses in the population." |
Friday 13 01 12 16:06 UTC
Al Jazeera reports on the candidate malaria vaccine known as RTS,S, which "has been heralded as one of the Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011 by Time and Science magazines, Doctors Without Borders and the Lancet." |
Thursday 12 01 12 13:08 UTC
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