Medical research
African-led clinical research essential to tackling the continent's health care challenges, says expert
Africa is experiencing unprecedented growth in terms of both population and economic transformation.
Apr 16, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Q&A: When will patients see personalized cancer vaccines?
Catherine Wu has been a pioneer in a promising approach to fight cancer: vaccines that target specific immune-stimulating molecules, known as immunogenic peptides, generated by the distinct genetic mutations of any individual ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Pediatrics
2011 to 2021 saw increase in vaccination timeliness for infants
From 2011 to 2021, there was an increase in vaccination timeliness among U.S. children aged 0 to 19 months, according to a study published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Apr 16, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why some adults may need another dose of measles vaccine
A rising number of measles cases in the U.S. this year is raising concerns over a comeback of a disease that was declared eliminated in this country 24 years ago.
Apr 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Does the HPV vaccine protect against cancers and genital warts?
Every year in the U.S., human papillomavirus (HPV) causes about 37,000 new cases of cancer. These are cancers that could have been prevented with the HPV vaccine.
Apr 15, 2024
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Medical research
New vaccine strategy may mean the end of the line for endless boosters
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.
Apr 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Having options can lower vaccine hesitancy, finds research
Consumers love having choices, even when it comes to vaccines, according to new research from the University of Oregon.
Apr 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Breakthrough aerosol human infection model gives hope for future TB vaccine development
University of Oxford researchers have for the first time established a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) that infects people via the lungs—the way TB enters the body.
Apr 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Czech whooping cough spread accelerates, three dead
The Czech Republic has been hit by a soaring number of whooping cases and the fast growing outbreak has killed three people, health authorities said on Monday.
Apr 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigeria first to use 'revolutionary' meningitis jab: WHO
Africa's most populous nation Nigeria has launched a "revolutionary" vaccine against meningitis, in what the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said was a world first.
Apr 13, 2024
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