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New insights into how SARS pathogen infects host

New insights into how SARS pathogen infects host

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first appeared in 2003, international cooperation helped contain the virulent coronavirus, which caused respiratory illness in more than 8,000 ...





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CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too (AP)

CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too

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

(AP) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available.


Japan to start developing swine flu vaccine

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry announced Saturday the start of vaccine development against swine flu, following the arrival of a sample of the new type of flu strain at the National Institute of Infectious ...


Human vaccine against bird flu a reality with new discovery

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia.


US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but tell The Associated Press that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs - the chief way flu vaccines are made.


Lab will pay to infect people with malaria

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created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Seattle plan to pay people to catch malaria in order to test the safety and efficacy of new vaccines.


Study: Flu shot better than nasal spray in adults

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new University of Michigan study shows.


Officials say swine flu vaccine may not be ready by fall

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created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As the World Health Organization declared a global flu pandemic Thursday, raising the alert to its highest level, federal health officials said it was unclear whether an effective vaccine would be available by fall.


New vaccine against deadliest strain of avian flu tested by scientists

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created Jan 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A vaccine against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been engineered and tested by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc.


FDA approves new swine flu vaccine (AP)

FDA approves new swine flu vaccine

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month. Health and Human Services Secretary ...


Despite vaccine, public should not get complacent about pneumococcal disease

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created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not get complacent, as non-vaccine strains, some ...



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