Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Countdown to the introduction of a norovirus vaccine

Noroviruses are believed to make up half of all food-borne disease outbreaks in the United States, causing incapacitating (and often violent) stomach flu. These notorious human pathogens are responsible for 90 percent of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The H1N1 flu vaccine protects both pregnant women and newly-borns

The researchers studied the immune response of 107 pregnant women after they were injected with a single dose of non-adjuvant H1N1 vaccine. They concluded that the influenza shot boosted the immune response in pregnant women ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chicken pox vaccine saving children's lives

The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised with severe chicken pox and saved lives, according to new research.

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