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Neurological disease raises risk of complications from flu
As another flu season approaches, patients with neurological and neuromuscular disease are especially vulnerable to respiratory failure caused by influenza. view more (2005-11-02)
Most UK citizens susceptible to hepatitis B infection
The failure of the UK to introduce universal hepatitis B immunisation means that most UK citizens are susceptible to infection, warns an infectious diseases expert in this week's BMJ. view more (2007-11-12)
World-first swine-flu vaccine trial reveals one dose provides 'strong immune response'
Results from the first swine-flu vaccine trials taking place in Leicester reveal a strong immune response after just one dose. view more (2009-09-04)
Rotavirus Vaccine Found Not Guilty (pp 1197, 1224)
Worldwide, some 600 000 to 800 000 infants die yearly from severe diarrhoea caused by a rotavirus. In the USA, each year, about 50 000 infants are admitted to hospital with rotavirus infection, and of these about 20 die. These figures make a clear case for the need for a safe and effective vaccine against rotavirus infection. Such a vaccine... view more... (2001-10-10)
Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots
With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system. view more (2009-11-04)
Scientist warns over pandemic flu vaccine 6-month time lag
New research published today (Monday April 27) from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. view more (2009-04-28)
Scientists discover how smallpox may derail human immune system
University of Florida researchers have learned more about how smallpox conducts its deadly business - discoveries that may reveal as much about the human immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens. view more (2009-05-12)
Flu vaccine appears safe for young children
Use of the influenza vaccine in children 6 to 23 months is not associated with an increased risk for a medical visit for any serious conditions. view more (2006-10-25)
Childhood Mortality In Rural Senegal: A Significant Decline But Danger Of Resurgence Persists
The childhood death rate in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the highest in the world, in spite of a decline observed over the past few decades. This trend had been analysed for short selected periods, but the factors determining it over the long term are poorly known, owing to insufficient data. Demographic surveillance has been conducted in African... view more... (2002-09-27)
Inducing Melanoma for Cancer Vaccine Development
Cancer vaccines are being investigated in early-phase clinical trials around the world, with many of those trials recruiting patients with melanoma. view more (2006-03-28)
Tool creates personalized catch-up immunization schedules for missed childhood vaccinations
A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren't received at the proper time. view more (2008-05-21)
Kenyan malaria success strengthens call for free insecticide-treated nets for all
Experts have today called for international agencies to provide insecticide-treated bed nets for all children in Africa as the most equitable way of tackling malaria. view more (2007-08-20)
Reactions to last DTaP vaccine not prevented
A red splotch forms where most preschoolers get their fifth, and last, shot of the acellular diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, and it can last a few days. view more (2006-03-02)
China sees spike in rabies cases
A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies cases has jumped dramatically since the new millennium. view more (2008-08-21)
Immunotherapy for Cancer: Inflammations Open up Access to Tumours
Although the immune system potentially recognizes tumour cells as foreign and destroys them, vaccination therapies have so far been disappointing. Malignant tumours seem to establish a special environment that blocks access for immune cells. However, an experimentally induced inflammation can overcome the tumour's intrinsic resistance for... view more... (2004-05-13)
USC researchers discover novel way to develop tumor vaccines
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered a new way to develop more effective tumor vaccines by turning off the suppression function of regulatory T cells. view more (2008-03-03)
Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice
Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after the vaccination or that had been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. view more (2006-11-08)
Vaccine May Complement Conventional Treatment For Chronic Leukaemia
A vaccine that boosts the immune response could improve the effect of conventional treatment for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), suggest early results of a trial published in this week's issue of The Lancet. view more (2005-02-16)
MGH initiates phase I diabetes trial
Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes. view more (2008-03-14)
High hepatitis B infection rate found among NYC's Asian American community
Approximately 15% of Asians living in New York City are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus, according to a new study by New York University School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues. view more (2006-05-12)
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