News tagged with infant vaccine

Administration of meningococcal vaccine with other routine infant vaccines appears effective

Administration of routine infant immunizations with a vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium that is a cause of serious disease such as sepsis and meningitis, was effective against meningococcal strains ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rotavirus vaccine not associated with increased risk of intestinal disorder in US infants

Although some data have suggested a possible increased risk of intussusception (when a portion of the small or large intestine slides forward into itself, like a telescope) after administration of the pentavalent rotavirus ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential vaccine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV after birth to start trial

The Medical Research Council (MRC) together with researchers from Kenya, The Gambia, United States of America, Sweden, and Spain, has opened enrolment in two infant HIV vaccine trials, known collectively as PedVacc. These ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

World-first vaccine candidate for newborns to help combat deadly rotavirus

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants  against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million children worldwide each year.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccination key to preventing childhood pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa

Researchers at the University of Warwick, and the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, have found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) appears to be the predominant virus detected among infants and children ...

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created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Maximization of Vaccinations

(PhysOrg.com) -- How does vaccinating pregnant women against influenza affect their babies' health? That's what researcher Saad Omer wants to know.

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created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system

The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reduced-dose schedule for pneumococcal vaccine in infants shows effectiveness

Infants who received two or three primary doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) both had a decreased rate of carrying pneumococcal microorganisms that can cause pneumonia and other infections, compared ...

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine

(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Tuesday sought U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a bacteria that causes pneumonia and other diseases.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Universal infant hepatitis B immunization recommended

All countries should offer universal infant immunization for hepatitis B, write Dr. Christopher Mackie from McMaster University and coauthors in a public health analysis in CMAJ.

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created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1