Vaccines

                   
nbc10.com: A new law in New Jersey requires young children get vaccinated against the flu before starting school this year. nbc10.com

Flu shot does not cut risk of death in elderly

reuters.com     8 hrs ago   10 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While influenza vaccination does provide protection against catching the flu, it does not have a major impact on death in the elderly, contrary to what some studies have suggested, a new study...                    

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Catholic schools to discuss jabs for girls

apn.co.nz     9 hrs ago          

Girls attending Catholic schools across the country will find out next week whether they will get a vaccination which could prevent them from getting cervical cancer. The Government introduction of the human papilloma...                    

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Life, Death and New Drugs

portfolio.com     11 hrs ago   61 related          

Amylin's recent woes with its new diabetes drug, Byetta—six people have died, possibly as a result of taking the drug—raises a crucial question that has long vexed companies and patients about the medications we take for...                    

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Patent OK'd for plant-based pet vaccine

tmcnet.com     10 hrs ago          

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 29--Owensboro-based Kentucky BioProcessing LLC is moving closer to producing a plant-based vaccine for parvovirus, a sometimes fatal disease that can affect both dogs and cats. The...                    

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Medicago completes $2,210,000 non-brokered private placement

newswire.ca     4 hrs ago          

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 29 /CNW/ - Medicago Inc. ("Medicago") (TSX-V: MDG) today announced that it has completed a previously announced non-brokered private placement of 11,050,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.20 per...                    

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Boys should also be given cervical cancer jab say experts

telegraph.co.uk     12 hrs ago   5 related          

A scheme to give a cervical cancer vaccine to schoolgirls from next week should be extended to teenage boys, experts say. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent and Lily Marriage Not vaccinating boys mean that girls could...                    

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Vaccines Have Helped Everyone

dnronline.com     21 hrs ago   3 related          

Who benefits from vaccines (“Vaccinations Are Up To Parents,” Aug. 27)? When did the DN-R last report a death from smallpox anywhere in the world? When did RMH report the last case here? The last case of polio? I hope...                    

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Two-thirds of mumps cases likely going undetected

theglobeandmail.com     21 hrs ago   10 related          

The mumps outbreak spreading through parts of the Fraser Valley could be three times as large as the 191 cases health officials have identified so far.''We know that two-thirds of the cases we're probably not even seeing....                    

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Infectious Disease Research Institute receives $6.3 million NIAID grant to study TB vaccine

news-medical.net     20 hrs ago   1 related          

Seattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute on Tuesday announced it has received a $6.3 million grant from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study a new tuberculosis vaccine, the Puget...                    

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Nigeria: Gastro Enteritis Claims 3 Lives in Sokoto

allafrica.com     14 hrs ago          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 AN outbreak of gastro-enteritis has so far claimed three lives in Gidan-Danrabi in the Kware Local Government Council Area Sokoto State. The Council's Director of Health, Hajiya Hadiza...                    

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