Two centres for infectious diseases established
...us is on flu, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Flu vaccine Under the leadership of Prof. J.C. (]an) Wilschut, Departments of Medical Microbiology and Molecular Virology, University of GroningenIn this centre, named NIVAREC (Netherlands Influenza Vaccine Research Centre), researchers from the University of G...Scientists identify a human antibody that blocks SARS virus infection
... they are working urgently to develop a preventive vaccine and effective treatment for the disease, neither o... widely available before a successful conventional vaccine is developed, and he would like to see it tested in the southern province of mainland Southern China...Study shows low risk of vaccinia transfer after smallpox immunization
...uced if those vaccinated against smallpox keep the vaccine site bandaged and practice "good, thorough hand-wa...of health care responders protected," he says. The vaccine can be administered as long as three to four days after exposure, so health care workers who have be...Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children
...ffectiveness of licensed vaccines, the adequacy of vaccine supplies, and the availability of intranasal products insofar as the greater compliance to nasal administration should make it possible to increase the use of influenza vaccination."...No adverse effects of aluminium in vaccines
...aluminium hydroxide) have been used for decades in vaccine formulations as adjuvants (non-specific stimulator... But aluminium has been blamed for side-effects in vaccine recipients, such as local reactions at the site of vaccination and a chronic progressive syndrome ca...Researchers add new drug prophylactic option against flu
...h vaccination late in the influenza season, before vaccine has induced an immune response, or if there is no immune response to the vaccine....First US tuberculosis vaccine trial in 60 years begins
...of Health, has supported research on the candidate vaccine from its earliest stages. The trial will be conduc... company Corixa and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, a vaccine manufacturer headquartered in Belgium. "This is the first recombinant tuberculosis vaccine to reach ...New vaccine for herpes in final trial phase
...pevac Trial for Women is investigating a promising vaccine to protect women against genital herpes. This vaccine does not contain live virus and cannot cause herpes infection. It has passed preliminary testing for...Scientists identify cell defects that limit immune system's impact on late-stage tumors
...that we hope may eventually lead to more effective vaccine therapies against established tumors." In a locali...ats, they are called "antigen-specific." In cancer vaccine experiments, such as those ongoing at the Institute to improve treatment for brain tumors, researche...Ebola virus a threat to great ape populations
...for the countries affected. There is no therapy or vaccine available and preventive measures and rapid abatement of epidemics by isolating patients are the only weapons that can hinder spread of the disease. The IRD researchers and their co-workers from other organizations (1), who have been studying the vi...Leading AIDS experts criticize US-sponsored HIV vaccine trial in Thailand
...nment-sponsored clinical research trial of an AIDS vaccine in Thailand. The 22 researchers, including Michae...ork (HVTN), the world's largest consortium of AIDS vaccine scientists and clinicians, but was cancelled last year because earlier trials had yielded weak resul...Why is this year's flu so severe?
...'s vaccine, and those changes may be rendering the vaccine less effective, according to flu expert John Trean...land Journal of Medicine . While this year's flu vaccine may be less effective than expected, an additional problem is making this flu season worse for young...Nasal spray flu vaccine may help prevent influenza in healthy children
CHICAGO An influenza virus vaccine delivered as a nasal spray, appears to be effectiv...dministration recently approved an influenza virus vaccine (cold-adapted trivalent influenza virus vaccine, or CAIV-T) administered in the form of a nasal spra...Major cause of painful gastroenteritis under study at MCG
...g exactly how it infects the body and developing a vaccine to prevent it. "Most of these infections run their course and the patients are fine," he said. But weeks later, some people with certain, unidentified strains of the bacteria will develop Guillain-Barre syndrome. "What appears to be happening in tho...Antiviral drug, valacyclovir, reduces genital herpes transmission
... the spread of HIV, which could be helpful until a vaccine for HIV is developed," Corey said. "Also, this ap...ghts the importance of working toward developing a vaccine for HSV-2."...Invalid vaccine doses would cost millions to fix
Children who receive some of their vaccine doses too soon may need to be revaccinated, at an ...substantial and may impact parents, physicians and vaccine purchasers," say Shannon Stokley, M.P.H. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and colle...Use of rubella vaccine is growing worldwide, but more work remains
...lable in Spanish . Around the world, use of the vaccine to prevent rubella ("German measles") has grown ra...ganization. The number of countries using rubella vaccine in their national immunization programs has increased dramatically in recent years. A WHO survey had...'Paper of the year' winner announced
...entification of the SARS coronavirus ( Lancet ), a vaccine trial of the human papilloma virus ( New England Journal of Medicine ), and the Million Women Study highlighting the increased risk of breast cancer from combination hormone replacement therapy ( Lancet ). Lancet Editor Richard Horton comments: "No e...Race affects older Americans' likelihood of getting flu shot
...reater acceptance by patients and providers of the vaccine along with increased delivery and administration of the vaccine are at the heart of increase. Economic factors do not seem to play a major role in who gets vaccinat...National vaccine advisory committee issues recommendations to strengthen supply of routine vaccines
...from public and private organizations representing vaccine manufacturers, physicians, parents, and state and ...f the problems that contributed to the shortage of vaccine supplies between 2000 and 2003 included a relatively low value given to preventive measures such as ...