Medications

First-ever enterovirus 71 vaccine protects young children

The first enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine candidate to reach phase 3 clinical testing provides young Chinese children with significant protection against disease caused by EV71, a growing public-health threat which has caused ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Rare flu-like virus on the rise: US

A rare virus has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and the Netherlands over the past two years, US health authorities said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New test to cause spike in illness cases in kids

(AP)—Health officials say a national wave of severe respiratory illnesses caused by an unusual virus is about to start looking a whole lot bigger, but that's because a new test will be speeding through a backlog of cases.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cambodia shuts all schools to fight virus spread

(AP) — Cambodia is closing all kindergarten and primary schools two weeks before a regular vacation to try to stop the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of young children around Asia.

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