Polio is about to be eradicated. By 2018, if all goes according to the World Health Organization's plans, the last diagnosis of paralytic polio would mark the end of the devastating, potentially fatal illness.
Apr 6, 2015
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If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won't get measles.
Mar 11, 2024
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An inhalable "aerogel" loaded with DNA that encodes for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein successfully induces an immune response against COVID-19 in the lungs of mice, according to new research conducted at Pennsylvania State ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Infections by the mosquito-borne Mayaro virus (MAYV) have largely been restricted to people who ventured into the heavily forested areas of Trinidad and Tobago and neighboring regions of South America. However, recent laboratory ...
Feb 7, 2019
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A three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B has fully protected adults living with HIV who had never been vaccinated against or infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to study findings presented ...
Oct 20, 2022
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(HealthDay)—COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is associated with a lower incidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in adolescents, according to a research letter published online Dec. 20 in the Journal ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions, unsafe injection practices continue to expose billions of people to serious infection and disease.
Mar 5, 2019
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Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego are working on a COVID-19 vaccine using an unconventional candidate: a plant virus.
Apr 21, 2020
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Researchers from Duke University have developed a nasal vaccine formulation that provides protective immunity against West Nile virus (WNV) infection in mice after only 2 doses. They present their findings at the 2014 American ...
Jan 28, 2014
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A groundbreaking study released today shows that a single injectable dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) along with bivalent oral polio vaccine could protect up to 90 percent of children from polio and strengthen community ...
May 20, 2016
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