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Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control

Dec 02, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

A partial dose of a commonly used vaccine against meningitis may be as effective as a full dose, according to new research published December 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Fractional dosing ...

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Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Dec 05, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

One fifth of the standard dose of a commonly used meningitis vaccine may be as effective as using the full dose. This new finding should allow scarce vaccine resources to be stretched further, especially during epidemics ...

Govt says swine flu vaccine catching up to demand

Medicine & Health / Medications

Nov 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week.

US orders more lots more swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Medications

Sep 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- U.S. health officials have ordered more swine flu vaccine - bringing the nation's eventual total to 251 million doses.

US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5

Medicine & Health / Medications

Sep 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The first swine flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Oct. 5, U.S. health officials said Friday.

US swine flu vaccine outlook improving, CDC says

Medicine & Health / Medications

Oct 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (23) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...

Sanofi to deliver swine flu vaccine in October

Medicine & Health / Medications

Sep 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA will begin delivering the first doses of its new swine flu vaccine in the United States by mid-October, the head of France's largest pharmaceutical company said Monday.

Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update)

Medicine & Health / Medications

Nov 24, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (7) | 4

Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.

Adolescent binge drinking may compromise the brain's white matter, necessary for information relay

Medicine & Health / Health

Apr 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers know that the integrity of the brain's white matter is compromised in adult alcoholics, but it is unclear when during the course of drinking white matter abnormalities become apparent. A study of adolescent binge ...