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Bangladesh introduces new vaccine to prevent severe forms of child pneumonia and meningitis
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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Today, Bangladesh introduces a new combination vaccine that will protect its children against five killer diseases in one injection, including, for the first time, the deadly bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) ...
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How much progress has there been in vaccinating against Hib in the Americas?
Apr 22, 2008 |
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The bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) causes at least 3 million cases of severe disease each year, and about 400,000 children die annually due to pneumonia or meningitis caused by Hib.
Pakistan introduces vaccine to prevent top child killer
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Nov 01, 2008 |
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This month, Pakistan is introducing a new combination vaccine that will protect its children against the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and four other common childhood diseases.
How will childhood pneumonia change if vaccine campaigns are a success?
Apr 22, 2008 |
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In developing countries, two bacteria, pneumococcus and Hib, are the dominant causes of severe pneumonia in children.
3.4 million deaths averted through GAVI-funded immunization programs
Oct 29, 2008 |
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3.4 million deaths will be averted in the world's poorest countries through immunisation funded by the GAVI Alliance between 2000 and 2008, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Lessons from the vaccine-autism wars
May 27, 2009 |
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Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don't believe them. Can scientists bridge the gap between evidence and doubt?
New studies show malaria vaccine candidate advancing in Africa
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Results published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate provides both infants and young children with significant protection agains ...
Investigators searching for links among meningitis victims
Apr 25, 2009 |
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"Patient Zero," the first victim to come down with the rare strain of meningitis that has killed four and infected eight others in South Florida since December, was a South Florida resident who was sickened in December but ...
Combination vaccines okay for infants, study shows
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Oct 03, 2007 |
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A University of Rochester study brings relief to new parents who, while navigating a jam-packed childhood vaccine schedule, can expect to soothe their newborn through as many as 15 “pokes” by his or her six-month checkup.
Experts baffled by deadly outbreak of meningitis
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Local, state and national health experts are baffled as to how a rare and deadly strain of meningitis killed four people and infected eight others in South Florida since December, an unprecedented outbreak in the United States.
Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist
May 04, 2009 |
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More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
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