Vaccines

Malaria vaccine trials start in Siaya next year

nation.co.ke
15 hrs ago
        

Trials for a malaria vaccine, targeting 16,000 children, will begin in Siaya district next year a senior official with the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has said.

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::: GSK and Neptunus sign cooperation agreement to form joint venture for the co-development of...

pharmiweb.co.uk
yesterday 12 related
        

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that it has signed an exclusive Cooperation Agreement with Shenzhen Neptunus Interlong Bio-Technique Co. Ltd. (NIBT) as a preliminary step in forming a Joint Venture (JV) between the two...

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Transgenic Animals for Food Not Proven Safe

i-sis.org.uk
yesterday
        

FDA’s guidelines on commercial release of transgenic animals ignore known hazards of GMOs and totally inadequate to protect the public from genetic and epigenetic damages that may result from transgenic foods

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KSA: Meningitis shots mandatory for local pilgrims

zawya.com
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The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that all local Haj pilgrims are required to take vaccinations against meningitis and advised high-risk patients among them to take flu jabs before leaving for the pilgrimage.

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Vaccine for coke addiction?

news24.com
yesterday
        

Madrid - Researchers in Spain, which has the highest rate of cocaine use in the European Union, will test a vaccine next year that they hope will help addicts break free of their addiction to the drug, health officials said on...

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Hope for Rabies Victims: Unorthodox Coma Therapy Shows Promise

sciam.com
yesterday
        

Four years ago, Jeanna Giese, now 19, became the first person to survive rabies without a preventive vaccine. Now, the medical procedure developed for treating Giese may have saved the lives of two children in South America....

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Chicken pox outbreak quiets school

heraldnet.com
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By Eric Stevick, Herald Writer MONROE -- A chicken pox outbreak meant a day at home for more than half the students at a Monroe elementary school Friday. The Snohomish Health District ordered students who have chicken pox or...

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Mono infects high number of students

bowdoin.edu
yesterday
        

For some students, Thanksgiving Break can't come soon enough. Though most students are worn out by looming deadlines, an unusually high number of students are struggling with the added burden of illness.

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St. Pete Mayor Gives Public Health A Shot

tbo.com
yesterday
        

mshedden@tampatrib.com Published: November 22, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG - The first order of business for the city council Friday: a shot in the arm. Mayor Rick Baker and several council members got flu shots in council chambers and...

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thejournalnews.com: Thirteen-year-old Mykola Duda of Pearl River receives a flu shot yesterday from registered nurse Bonnie Sullivan at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center in Ramapo. thejournalnews.com

First flu cases reported in Rockland, vaccine still available

thejournalnews.com
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RAMAPO - The first flu cases have been reported in Rockland as the influenza season starts for the year, according to the state Department of Health. Two people have gotten the disease so far, Commissioner of Health Dr. Joan...

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