Immunology
Refined whooping cough vaccine provides long-term boost
Perth researchers developing a new whooping cough vaccine have described immune responses produced in pre-clinical testing with the new vaccine as 'exquisite'.
Jan 28, 2014
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Medications
Video: New vaccine to protect babies from whooping cough
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can be fatal. Now, a new nasal vaccination aimed at infants aims to address an unmet medical need against this disease.
Jan 15, 2014
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Medications
Camille Locht: An innovative solution to infant whooping cough
Scientists involved in the EU-funded project ChildInnovac are about to publish in the online journal Plos One the results of their first clinical trial of a new nasal vaccine. Designed for infants, it targets whooping cough, ...
Jan 15, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Anoro ellipta approved for COPD
(HealthDay)—A new inhaled drug to treat a serious lung condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Dec 18, 2013
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Immunology
Whooping cough vaccine antigen disappearing from bacteria in US
Vaccines for whooping cough contain three to five protective antigens, the presence of which are critical to the vaccine's effectiveness. But one of the antigens, pertactin, which had been present in almost all isolates of ...
Dec 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whooping cough shot cuts illness, maybe not spread
A government study offers a new theory on why the whooping cough vaccine doesn't seem to be working as well as expected.
Nov 25, 2013
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Medical research
Universal influenza vaccine potentially in sight
The fall ritual of getting an annual influenza shot could join castor oil on the list of bygone remedies within a decade, some scientists say. And as that tradition fades away, so too will our fears of the virus mutating ...
Nov 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Princeton U. to give students meningitis B vaccine (Update 2)
Princeton University officials decided Monday to make available a meningitis vaccine that hasn't been approved in the U.S. to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease on campus.
Nov 18, 2013
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Pediatrics
Fewer ER visits for kids after cold medicine restrictions
(HealthDay)— Restrictions placed on cough and cold medicines may be working, with fewer young children ending up in the ER because of bad side effects tied to the drugs, new research shows.
Nov 11, 2013
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Pediatrics
Whooping cough outbreaks tied to parents shunning vaccines
(HealthDay)—New research confirms what experts have suspected: The decision not to vaccinate children for nonmedical reasons can have far-reaching effects, including raising the risk of infections for other children and ...
Sep 30, 2013
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