Vaccination
Comprehensive study of vaccine safety concludes that vaccines are 'remarkably safe'
A comprehensive review of vaccine data over a 20-year period finds that vaccines are remarkably safe.
Jul 28, 2020
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Health
Most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil, Mexico are preventable
Most deaths of children aged five to 14 in India, China, Brazil and Mexico arise from preventable or treatable conditions, suggests a new study published today in The Lancet.
Mar 12, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Advancing cervical cancer prevention in China: New insights and future strategies
As the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, cervical cancer places a significant burden on low and middle-income countries. Although China reports lower incidence and mortality rates compared to the ...
Jul 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research team finds racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates have diminished in Connecticut
In the United States, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black and Hispanic populations, with those groups experiencing higher COVID-19-related death rates than non-Hispanic white Americans. But a new Yale-led analysis ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover benefits of adding immune-boosting agent to personalized cancer vaccine
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response for people with malignant gliomas, an aggressive type of brain tumor ...
May 9, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research finds negativity about vaccines surged on Twitter after COVID-19 shots became available
There was a marked increase in negativity about vaccines on Twitter after COVID-19 vaccines became available, according to a presentation at the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April).
Apr 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Philippines begins mass vaccinations after polio returns
Parents lined up from sunrise holding sleeping infants as the Philippines launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate millions of children against polio, which has re-emerged nearly two decades after the nation's last cases.
Oct 14, 2019
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Vaccination
HPV vaccine hesitancy in Japan could result in 5,000 additional deaths
The precipitous drop in HPV vaccination rates after suspension of proactive recommendations by the government in 2013 could result in an additional 25,000 cervical cancer cases and more than 5,000 additional deaths among ...
Feb 17, 2020
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Vaccination
A year of COVID vaccines: How the UK pinned its hopes on the jab, and why those hopes are under threat
A year ago, Margaret Keenan made history. On December 8 2020, she became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Ninety-year-old Keenan described it as the "best early ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Updated HPV vaccine recommendations endorsed
As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in ...
Jan 11, 2017
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