Waning potency of pertussis vaccine a significant contributor to recent whooping cough outbreaks
New Kaiser Permanente study suggests under-vaccination is only one factor contributing to whooping cough outbreaks Oakland, Calif. -- In a ...
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Robotic surgery for throat cancer not superior to radiation therapy, study finds
Results from world first trial could influence treatment decisions for patients with oropharyngeal cancerCredit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON ...
New research helping to reveal more about megaviruses
Swansea University has played a key role in transatlantic research to develop a greater understanding of megaviruses and their potential ...
Mosquito control program reduces dengue, costs in Sri Lanka
Intervention focused on removing mosquito breeding sites found to be both effective and cost-saving A public health, police, and military ...
To fight TB infection, early protection is crucial
New approach may aid development of more effective vaccineCredit: Javier Rangel-Moreno and Shabaana Khader In the first days after the ...
Video gamers design brand new proteins
By playing Foldit, citizen scientists can now help protein researchers create novel vaccines, cancer therapies and moreCredit: UW Medicine A ...
Visible public health leadership needed to boost vaccine coverage
Public health expert Professor John Ashton is calling for local directors of public health to provide visible leadership to address ...
New $2 million DOD grant funds Zika vaccine testing at Texas Biomed
Researcher describes 'sense of urgency' to protect vulnerable populationsCredit: Texas Biomedical Research institute San Antonio, Texas (June 3, 2019) - ...
Stalk antibodies provide flu protection in humans
Study could bring scientists a step closer to a universal flu vaccine ANN ARBOR--A universal flu vaccine that could prevent ...
Understanding why virus can't replicate in human cells could improve vaccines
The identification of a gene that helps to restrict the host range of the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) could ...
Public health leaders call for new efforts to promote vaccination acceptance
On Thursday, an international coalition of public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY ...
New push to develop world’s first vaccine against the deadly Strep A bacteria
30 May 2019, SEOUL, South Korea - The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) will ...
Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders
Lipid discovered in soil-dwelling bacteria helps explain 'hygiene hypothesis'Credit: CU Boulder Thirty years after scientists coined the term "hygiene hypothesis" ...
Global Strep A vaccine one step closer
Streptococcus genomes reveal potential vaccine targets present in over 20 countries worldwide The search for a global Strep A vaccine ...
Group A strep genome research expedites vaccine development efforts
The global search for a group Strep A vaccine has narrowed after researchers identified a common gene signature in almost ...
Spanish flu may have lingered two years before 1918 outbreak and vaccine could have treated it
The most severe pandemic in recent history, killing some 50 million people worldwide, the Spanish influenza, may have emerged up ...
Game theory highlights power of local reporting in vaccine decisions
Source of disease prevalence information impacts effectiveness of vaccination programsCredit: FEMA/Mark Wolfe Computational modeling of social networks suggests that vaccination ...
Measles vaccination: 'All for one and one for all'
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Measles was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, but has reappeared in recent months ...
Early antiretroviral treatment may preserve key immune responses to HIV
Ragon Institute study findings could pave the way to vaccine development Instituting combination antiretroviral (ART) treatment at the earliest stages ...
NIAID announces two awards for multi-year studies of influenza immunity in children
Credit: NIH The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has ...
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