http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A novel vaccine study from South Dakota State University (SDSU) will headline the groundbreaking research that will be unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference (NBC). The meeting takes place Monday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 22 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-germ-fighting-vaccine-great-delivery.html Medical research Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:03 EST news288269073 Two types of environmental conditions—cold-dry and humid-rainy—are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center. The paper, published in PLOS Pathogens, presents a simple climate-based model that maps influenza activity globally and accounts for the diverse range of seasonal patterns observed across temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nih-role-climate-influenza-transmission.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:02 EST news281894759 Studying infectious diseases has long been primarily the domain of biologists. However, as part of the Ragon Institute, MIT engineers and physical scientists are joining immunologists and physicians in the battle against HIV, which currently infects 34 million people worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-perspective-infectious-disease.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:00:01 EST news279529842 In a breakthrough for the fight against meningitis in poor countries, researchers say the WHO has ruled that a key vaccine can be transported or stored for up to four days without refrigeration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-eases-meningitis-vaccine.html Medications Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:20:01 EST news272171201 Signaling a potential breakthrough for immunization programs in resource-poor countries, researchers today announced at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference that regulatory authorities—after conducting a rigorous review of stability data—will for the first time allow a vaccine in Africa to be transported and stored for as long as four days without refrigeration or even an icepack. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meningitis-vaccine-barrier-gain-cold.html Medications Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:39:31 EST news272126339 Two studies published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine examined the cost of delivering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to primary school girls in Tanzania. Both studies found that the cost of HPV vaccine delivery to adolescent girls may be substantially higher compared with the cost of delivering a new vaccine to an infant where the delivery schedule matches the existing infant immunization schedule. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-vaccinate-girls-hpv-income-countries.html Medications Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:00:01 EST news271955327 In addition to the obvious benefit of eliminating the need for an injection, new vaccine delivery methods via the lungs offer particular advantages for protecting against infectious agents that enter the body through the respiratory track. A comprehensive review article that presents the current status, challenges, and opportunities of pulmonary vaccine delivery is published in Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-vaccines-lungs.html Medications Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:06:52 EST news269536004