Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
To battle disease, apes may need vaccines
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Researchers say infectious disease, like poaching and habitat loss, threatens the survival of African great apes. Continue…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:32 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2012 12:41 - 0 Comments
High-risk adults don’t get Hepatitis B vaccine
BROWN (US) — More than half of adults at the highest risk for hepatitis B remain unvaccinated—one reason that tens of thousands of people still contract the virus every year. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 1, 2011 7:26 - 0 Comments
Potent antibodies protect mice from HIV
CALTECH (US) — Researchers for the past year have been studying a group of potent HIV-neutralizing antibodies. Now biologists have discovered a way to deliver the antibodies to mice. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 26, 2011 10:20 - 3 Comments
Flu shots less effective for obese people
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A flu shot may not be enough to protect overweight people from influenza. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 10, 2011 12:06 - 2 Comments
Many black seniors not getting flu shots
BROWN (US) — African-American nursing home residents are less likely to get flu shots than whites, even within the same facility, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2011 6:00 - 0 Comments
One-dose contraceptive for cats
U. FLORIDA (US) — A single dose of a contraceptive vaccine can make most female cats infertile for several years. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 29, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments
Vaccine has potential to prevent malaria
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A new vaccine that combines the use of a disabled cold virus along with a gene that stimulates the immune system may offer protection against the parasite that causes malaria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 7, 2011 8:59 - 0 Comments
At-risk groups distrust HIV vaccine trials
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Medical researchers may not be doing enough to combat misinformation about the safety of HIV vaccine trials, particularly among at-risk communities. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 18, 2011 15:34 - 0 Comments
Proteins may pave way to cow vaccine
U. FLORIDA (US) — Genetic analysis may hold the key to finding an effective vaccine against a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry as much as $300 million a year. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 6, 2011 9:24 - 0 Comments
Protein reveals HIV vaccine targets
UC DAVIS (US) — A component of a potential vaccine opens to rearrange proteins and to possibly reveal new targets to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 2, 2011 10:39 - 0 Comments
Measles vaccine: Inhaled, not injected
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A dry powder measles vaccine that is inhaled rather than injected could help protect children in developing countries where giving conventional vaccination safely is often difficult. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 5, 2011 14:59 - 1 Comment
Chicken pox vaccine: Make it a double
YALE (US) — The odds of developing chicken pox are 95 percent lower in children who have received two doses of the vaccine, compared to those who have received only one. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 4, 2011 13:03 - 0 Comments
HPV vaccine: Why guys don’t get it
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — When men learn the HPV vaccine—which protects women from cervical cancer—can prevent anal cancer, they’re more willing to get vaccinated, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 29, 2010 12:06 - 0 Comments
Hispanics hit hard by flu shot delays
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Disparities in flu vaccination rates based on race, ethnicity, and age grow even larger in years when the vaccine supply is limited or delayed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 15, 2010 13:14 - 0 Comments
Gadget tracks day in the life of flu
STANFORD (US) — When it comes to infectious disease, who and how many get inoculated isn’t as important as knowing how people interact with each other—whether they’re vaccinated or not. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 6, 2010 16:09 - 1 Comment
This stands between you and pandemic
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Eggs—hundreds of millions of them—have to be available to make flu vaccines happen each year. But a new study with bacteria suggests there may be a way to skip the eggs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2010 12:58 - 5 Comments
Media sways support for HPV vaccine
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Controversy surrounding state laws that require young girls to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus diminishes public support for the vaccine. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2010 12:19 - 0 Comments
Flu forecast could improve vaccine
RICE (US) — A new mathematical method may help predict whether an emerging strain of the influenza virus should be included in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2010 16:33 - 0 Comments
Playing pertussis blame game
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Strategies for preventing the spread of whooping cough should take into account how often people in different age groups interact. (more…)
