Vaccination
Ebola vaccines stockpiled against future outbreaks
The World Health Organization and partners said Tuesday they are creating a global stockpile of Ebola vaccines to help stamp out future outbreaks.
Jan 12, 2021
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News tagged with yellow fever vaccine
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine candidate protects against COVID-19 and yellow fever
Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 based on the yellow fever vaccine, which as a result also works against yellow fever. Results published today in ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Vaccination
Why the world is at risk without immunization
Imagine a world in which everyone is at risk of contracting a contagious disease with no prevention or cure. A world in which billions of people live in fear of a disease that is fatal to many, and that has the power to shut ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Medical research
Virologists select SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate for clinical trials
Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate that protects hamsters from infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Theirs is one of the first vaccine candidates that is proven ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Immunology
Viral infection: Early indicators of vaccine efficacy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) researchers have shown that a specific class of immune cells in the blood induced by vaccination is an earlier indicator of vaccine efficacy than conventional tests for neutralizing antibodies.
May 15, 2020
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine not certain: global alliance Gavi
The race is on to produce a vaccine against COVID-19 but it is not certain that one can be found, the head of the global vaccines alliance said Friday.
Apr 24, 2020
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Pediatrics
Is maternal vaccination safe during breastfeeding?
In light of the continuing anti-vaccination movement, a provocative new article provides a comprehensive overview of the potential risks of vaccinating breastfeeding women. The article, which determined that only smallpox ...
Apr 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Game over for Zika? Researchers develop promising vaccine
Scientists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute in Belgium have developed a new vaccine against the Zika virus. This vaccine should prevent the virus from causing microcephaly and other serious conditions in unborn babies.
Dec 20, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil yellow fever outbreak largest in decades; 846 cases
Brazil's yellow fever outbreak has now infected more people than the previous one, which had been the largest in decades.
Mar 7, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccines
Brazil's Ministry of Health has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, officials said Wednesday.
Jan 25, 2017
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