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Flu shot protects kids -- even during years with a bad vaccine match
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Children who receive all recommended flu vaccine appear to be less likely to catch the respiratory virus that the CDC estimates hospitalizes 20,000 children every year.
Effective health messages may yield vaccine compliance among ER workers
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Emergency room workers will be the first line of defense in the event of a disease pandemic and will be forced to deal with the chaos that inevitably comes with treating thousands of sick and dying. In order to protect themselves ...
WHO: Nearly 1 in 5 babies still missed by vaccines
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against life-threatening diseases, but nearly 1 in 5 babies still aren't fully protected, global health authorities reported Wednesday.
Refusing immunizations puts children at increased risk of pertussis infection
May 26, 2009 |
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Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new study led by a vaccine research team at Kaiser Permanente Colorado's Institute ...
Climate change fears for deadly virus outbreaks in livestock
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned Professor Peter Mertens from the Institute for Animal Health, at this week's meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Harrogate.
Vaccine expert advises: Immunization should be given as early in life as possible
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Parents should not be worried, that early vaccination would overwhelm their babies. Recent data show, that the immune system of newborns is able to respond to a world full of antigens already at birth. Therefore, vaccines ...
Family members most often source of whooping cough in young infants
Mar 27, 2007 |
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Infants with whooping cough were most likely infected by the people they live with, according to a multi-country study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Flu vaccine not associated with reduced hospitalizations or outpatient visits among young children
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Use of the influenza vaccine was not associated with preventing hospitalizations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children age 5 and younger during two recent seasons, perhaps because the strains of virus in the ...
Bacteria offer insights into human decision making
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that ...
Dry season brings on measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Measles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season, according to an international team of researchers.
Older people should have the flu jab this winter, warn experts
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Despite recent doubts about its effectiveness, the influenza vaccine does give valuable protection against illness, hospital admission and death caused by influenza, and people over 65 should have the flu jab this winter, ...
Swine flu shot protection? Maybe by Thanksgiving
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It will likely be Thanksgiving before a significant number of Americans who get the swine flu vaccine are protected, health officials said Monday.
Parents of new babies should be considered for a whooping cough booster, say experts
Nov 28, 2008 |
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A booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric intensive care doctors on ...
NASA Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened ...
TB vaccine gets its groove back
May 19, 2009 |
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A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators has cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries - what happened to the tuberculosis vaccine. The once-effective vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial ...
