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Did Scientists Just Discover a Cure for Ebola?

June 22, 2012March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

Scientists in Canada announced the successful treatment of Ebola viral infection in monkeys. The encouraging results were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on

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FDA Approves New Vaccine to Protect Kids Against Meningitis

June 21, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Federal regulators approved a new vaccine that could prevent bacterial meningitis in young children. Studies show that the combination vaccine, Menhibrix, protects children between six

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Drug-Resistant Whooping Cough in France

June 11, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Doctors recently discovered an antibiotic-resistant case of pertussis in an infant in Lyon, France. The child, an 18-day-old, arrived at Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant with

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Artificial Immune System to Further Vaccine Development

May 23, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

Sanofi Pasteur, a prominent vaccine manufacturer, has developed an artificial immune system that can replicate human immune responses to vaccines and immunotherapies. The Molecular Immune

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Whooping Cough Making Headlines Across the Country

May 18, 2012March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

The Washington State Secretary of Health Mary Selecky has declared whooping cough is at epidemic levels and requested federal assistance. Washington has counted 1284 cases

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HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

March 28, 2012March 23, 2022 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

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Meningitis Vaccine Development

January 26, 2012March 23, 2022 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

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Malaria Vaccine Becoming a Reality?

October 25, 2011March 23, 2022 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

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September 28 2011: World Rabies Day

September 26, 2011March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker 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

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Paralyzing Virus Returns to China

August 31, 2011March 23, 2022 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

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