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THE Australian Medical Association has backed plans to increase childhood vaccinations.

AMA backs push for states to follow stance on vaccinations

No Vaccinations Means No Child Care Enrolment Under Opposition Bill

With vaccination rates stable, ‘no jab, no play’ rules are beside the point

Measles outbreaks flourish in UK years after discredited research tied measles shot to autism

Measles Epidemic: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt Vows To 'Slay the Myth' Over MMR Jab

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Vaccine blackjack: IL-21 critical to fight against viral infections - A main objective of vaccination is to make the recipient's immune system develop antibodies that can neutralize infecting viruses. Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections.

CDC STRATEGY TO END RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION

Randolph County Senior to Graduate with Class without Required Vaccinations

Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug

Pertussis Vaccines: Whole-Cell More Durable Than Acellular (free registration)

Mandatory vaccinations deserve vigorous debate

Growing concerns over H7N9

Barbara Loe Fisher – Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism

Universal flu jab 'edges closer'

Winston-Salem well-positioned for innovative vaccine trend

Uptake of MMR vaccine in Gwent ‘too low’ - health minister

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Building Laboratory Capacity to Support the Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network

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SARS-like virus in the Middle East

J&J to Submit Over 10 New Drug Applications by 2017

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AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for some

NEWS SCAN: Global public health efforts, pertussis vaccine comparison, polio vaccine attack

Study of H7N9 cases shows extent of severe disease

Global health groups weigh in on H7N9 threat

Alabama officials probe respiratory illness cluster

New MERS-CoV case reported as puzzles persist

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella from tahini, USDA biosecurity strategy, HHS-GSK portfolio effort, tick-borne disease in Korea, Horn of Africa polio

Coronavirus cases, deaths reported in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia

Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

But this handful of infections with poliovirus has the potential to set back global efforts to eradicate polio, WHO spokeswoman Sona Bari tells Shots. "Polio is a virus that spreads silently," she says. "One case represents between 200 and 1,000 people ...
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Polio cases found in Kenya and Somalia, WHO says

WHO said Wednesday that a 4-year-old girl near the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and two of her contacts tested positive for polio, the first confirmed cases in Kenya since July 2011. A case in Somalia was confirmed earlier this month. In response, a ...
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Second child contracts polio in Pakistan's Waziristan

Islamabad: A second child has contracted polio in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border after the Taliban banned vaccinations there nearly a year ago, a UN official said Thursday. The first polio case was detected in the North ...
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Texas High Court Hears Wakefield Appeal AGE OF AUTISM

Yesterday, the three judges of the Texas High Court heard the appeal over jurisdiction in the case of Andrew Wakefield against the British Medical Journal ...
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The legacy of Andrew Wakefield continues [Respectful Insolence]. Full story: ScienceBlogs. Actions have consequences. No matter how much the person might ...
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Drs. Oz and Roizen: Lack of vaccination triggers epidemic

It's been years since discredited London doctor Andrew Wakefield lost his medical license after claiming children were harmed by the MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) vaccine. If you recall, a reporter for the Sunday Times of London discovered the doc was ...
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Opposition bill to ban un-vaccinated kids from childcare

She said ensuring all children less than five years of age were immunised before they went into childcare centres would also help lift immunisation rates in the state. "We know that if over 95% of children are vaccinated in childcare centres then they ...
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GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists

HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. Growing ...
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Rosman High Student Diagnosed With Bacterial Meningitis

The Transylvania County Department of Public Health was notified Wednesday morning by Transylvania Regional Hospital that a Rosman High School student has received a preliminary diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The student was seen in the ...
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Senate panel approves tighter oversight of compounding pharmacies, but bill is ...

Public health and consumer advocacy groups are attacking Senate legislation designed to tighten oversight of specialized pharmacies such as the one at the center of this past fall's deadly meningitis outbreak, saying it does not adequately address ...
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New flu vaccine may protect against many strains with a single jab

Dr Nabel says there is nothing wrong with getting the current influenza vaccine that is available. "In fact your manufacturers and your public health system is doing exactly the right thing by encouraging people to get their flu shots," he said. "What ...
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Measles epidemic: 60000 have MMR jab in Swansea and Powys

Over 60,000 measles vaccinations have now been given which will help to reduce the length and severity of the outbreak in Swansea and Powys, says Public Health Wales. However, another 33,000 youngsters between 10 and 18 have still not had the jab, ...
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BBC News

Chicken pox vaccine out of stock

General manager Anna Stove believes it is due to recent media reports about the importance of getting chicken pox vaccinations and the fact PHARMAC is considering funding the vaccine. She says winter is also the start of chicken pox season. Anna Stove ...
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MMR clinics to come to an end, as health officials say 60000 vaccinations have ...

Efforts to vaccinate people who had missed doses of MMR have seen 61,396 people given non-route vaccinations since March 1, including 17,440 people aged 10 to 18 - the age group has been the hardest hit by the measles outbreak centred on the ...
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Diarrhoea is life threatening for children under 2 years: Dr NK Arora

A. The rotavirus vaccine is indigenously developed and produced. The scientific community and the government is given to understand that the vaccine will be available for INR 50 or less per dose, if introduced in the national program. It is estimated ...
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Actress Archie Panjabi signs on with Rotary to eradicate polio

There is no cure for polio, but the disease is vaccine-preventable. In March, the Emmy Award-winner took to the streets of New Delhi, India, with a team of Rotary volunteers to immunize children with the oral polio vaccine and visit with young polio ...
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Uptake of MMR vaccine in Gwent 'too low' - health minister

THE WELSH health minister said today that uptake of the MMR vaccine in Gwent was too low. In a statement, Minister Mark Drakeford, said there is “particular concern” for the Gwent area, where MMR uptake in the “hardest hit” age group, 10 to 18 years ...
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South Wales Argus

Vaccines Toxic Ingredients You Need To Know

On September 2012, Dr Danuta Skowronski of the Canadian Center for Disease Control told Vancouver Sun, about her findings regarding the Great Swine flu hoax in 2009 and the mass vaccination hysteria that accompanied it. The seasonal vaccine against ...
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Fifteen Years After A Vaccine Scare, A Measles Epidemic

Childhood vaccination rates plummeted in Great Britain after a 1998 paper by Dr. Andrew Wakefield claimed that the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella had caused autism in a dozen children. That study has since been proven fraudulent, but it fueled ...
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NPR (blog)

Sense warn of dangers of rubella outbreak in Wales

National deafblind charity Sense and Public Health Wales have today warned of the potential dangers of a rubella outbreak in Wales. With around 38,000 unvaccinated young people in Wales,. Sense has welcomed efforts to increase MMR vaccination in ...
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The ethics of enforced child vaccinations

The NSW parliament is not, as I heard the Minister say, considering banning children from school, only allowing schools and child care centres to ban non-immunised kids from pre-school and child care. I'm pretty sure that John Robertson wasn't ...
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50 percent of Australians who oppose vaccination get their information from ...

To coincide with the broadcast of Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines (SBS ONE, Sunday 26 May at 8.30pm) the first ever national survey on Australian attitudes to vaccination reveals surprising statistics including half of Australians opposing immunisation ...
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NZ running low on chickenpox vaccines

"Demand for the vaccine has increased dramatically, which we believe has mainly been driven by media news around the importance of parents considering immunisation against chickenpox." There is an alternative vaccine, Varivax, but it is not ...
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Novel approach for influenza vaccination shows promise in early animal testing

May 22, 2013 — A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. The vaccine concept, which was ...
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GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists

Data published this year in the British Medical Journal found that children in England who had been vaccinated with Pandemrix during the 2009-10 H1N1 swine flu pandemic had a 14-fold higher risk of developing narcolepsy, equating to about one in 50,000.
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Penryn mum Laura Badger criticises Serco for "uncaring" treatment over son ...

A MUM whose ten-week-old son was rushed to hospital with viral meningitis has criticised the out-of-hours doctor system. Laura Badger described a doctor from Serco as "flippant, unprofessional and uncaring" in his attitude. She claims he told her over ...
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This is Cornwall

Father who feared daughter had meningitis says Saturday clinic was vital

A COUNCILLOR claims he learnt firsthand how vital weekend health services on Canvey are after fearing his 18-month old daughter had meningitis. Steven Cole, who represents Winter Gardens ward, didn't have a second to think when his young daughter ...
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Echo

Whooping cough vaccine can make a difference

Dr Richard Smithson, Consultant in Health Protection, PHA, said: “So far there has been a good response from pregnant women to getting vaccinated, but we would urge those women who are over 28 weeks pregnant and haven't yet had the vaccine to get it ...
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Over 10 lakh children get measles vaccination in city

The final round of Measles Catch-up Campaign brought smiles on the faces of the district health authorities and district administration as the health teams covered 4,59,976 children between 9 months to 5 years and 6,10,504 children aged between 5 and ...
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Second phase of routine immunization from June 3

KANPUR: With an aim to improve immunization coverage in both rural and urban areas of the region, the health department will be organising a weeklong routine immunization (RI) drive in the first week of June. The drive will focus on children who were ...
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Bringing a human rights perspective to the debate surrounding the vaccination ...

by Paula Gerber - The debate around whether children should be vaccinated against illness such as the measles and whooping cough tends to be highly emotive and divisive, with the medical profession on one side talking about epidemics and quoting lots ...
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You docs: Lack of vaccination triggers epidemic

Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

In this photo Thursday, April 25, 2013 Lucy Butler,15, getting ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in ...
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Whooping cough persists in PSD, Larimer County

Keeping with the national trend, Larimer County keeps adding to its tally of pertussis cases. Several Zach Elementary students were recently diagnosed with the highly contagious disease, also known as whooping cough, Principal Will Allen wrote in an ...
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WHO Polio Eradication Certificate for India

World Health Organization (WHO) has removed India from the list of countries with active endemic wild polio virus transmission. Polio free is certified for WHO regions by the Regional Certification Commission and not for individual country. The South ...
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Kenya reports polio outbreak, first confirmed cases in two years

The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting a polio outbreak, wild poliovirus type 1( WPV1), on the Horn of Africa with confirmed cases being seen in Kenya and Somalia. Near Dadaab, Kenya, a four-month-old girl developed symptoms of acute flaccid ...
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Liquidia extends collaboration with PATH to develop Pneumococcal vaccine

Liquidia, the designer and manufacturer of engineered particles, has announced that its collaboration with PATH has been extended to develop next generation Pneumococcal vaccine. The vaccine, if successful, could potentially allow for manufacturing ...
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New pneumococcal vaccine as safe as previous version

These trials found PCV13, which protects against an additional six types of pneumococcal bacteria than the previously used 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, did not increase the risk for any serious adverse events related to the vaccine, the ...
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Adults urged to get vaccine to protect infants from whooping cough

Of those hospitalized, about one in five will get pneumonia and one in 100 will die. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommends whooping cough vaccination for pregnant women after 20 weeks gestation. Vaccination is fully compatible ...
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Wisconsin Pediatricians Say Eliminating Mandatory Flu Vaccine Programs ...

The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics urges opposition to proposed legislation that would limit employer mandatory flu vaccine programs. The bill, numbered LRB 0020/1 and currently being considered for co-sponsorship, provides ...
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Queensland Labor joins push to ban unvaccinated children from childcare centres

Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the Newman Government was looking at a range of ways to boost immunisation rates in Queensland, but would not be drawn on whether that included childcare centre bans. Mr Springborg said he was yet to see the ...
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AMA backs plan to boost vaccinations

"Rather than an outright ban, the AMA is more supportive of measures that oblige parents to supply full documentation of their child's immunisation status before they are allowed to attend schools," he said. "This would cover complete or incomplete ...
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Logan Regional recognized for immunization efforts ...

LOGAN - The Northern Utah Immunization Coalition, a partnership of Weber, Morgan, Rich, Cache Box Elder, and Davis Counties, recently recognized Logan ...
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New Flu Vaccine Beats Current Products in Animal Testing

A new type of flu vaccine developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health outperformed existing products in animal tests, possibly paving the way for a new generation of vaccines. Researchers led by Gary Nabel, the former director of the Vaccine ...
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EDITORIAL: Flu shot bill rooted in anecdotal evidence

That said, a proposal to ban all state employers — including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies — from requiring their workers to get flu shots strikes us as an overreach which could pose significant dangers to many Wisconsin ...
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Qld doctors told of new vaccines

The department's director of public health, Dr Steven Donohue, last night presented an information session to doctors and nurses in Mackay in north Queensland, about upgrades and advancements to immunisations and vaccines. He says one of the key ...
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Opposition bill to ban un-vaccinated kids from childcare

Bundamba MP Jo-Anne Miller, who will introduce the bill later today to amend the Public Health Act, said vaccination rates on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane were as low as Uganda and Angola. She said families with medical reasons for not vaccinating ...
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Aftermath of an Unfounded Vaccine Scare

A prime cause of that failure was ill-founded fears among parents that a widely used vaccine to combat measles, mumps and rubella might cause autism. Because they shunned the vaccine, their children, now in their teens, are suffering the consequences.
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Measles epidemic fear for the Highlands

A HEALTH chief has warned there is a higher risk of a measles outbreak in the Highlands among older school children as a result of the national MMR scare more than a decade ago. Inoculation rates against the illness - which can be potentially fatal ...
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Cholera in Niger, measles in CAR threaten children

The United Nations is keen on stemming the tide of an outbreak of diseases in two African nations. With the sudden introduction of measles in Niger and the measles in the Central African Republic, officials hope to spring into action before an epidemic ...
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Three more die of measles in Lahore

The vaccination plan was chalked out in the wake of measles outbreak in the country and the concerns of international donors including GAVI, USAID, and UKaid over the low routine immunisation coverage in Pakistan. "The national plan of action has been ...
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The Nation

Measles surges in UK years after flawed vaccine research

Still, MMR immunization rates plummeted across the U.K. as fearful parents abandoned the vaccine — from rates more than 90 percent to 54 percent. Wakefield has won support from parents suspicious of vaccines, including Hollywood celebrities like Jenny ...
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Derbyshire parents urged to check children's vaccination status

Letters have been sent to the parents of all Derbyshire school pupils children, reminding them to make sure their children get the MMR vaccine. Derbyshire County Council has written to all parents in primary and secondary schools as part of its work, ...
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ITV News

New law brings vaccination crackdown

Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children may find themselves refused from Queensland childcare centres under a new bill introduced into State Parliament. Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was unashamedly following the lead set ...
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Brisbane Times

Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine ...
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Pertussis Vaccines: Whole-Cell More Durable Than Acellular

Teenagers who received 4 diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccines in the first 2 years of life had nearly a 6-fold higher risk of contracting pertussis than teenagers who received 4 diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, whole-cell ...
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Milford middle school students taught awareness, understanding of people with ...

As part of the program, students have read Small Steps, a true story about a woman's time recovering from polio. They will also receive a visit from someone who suffers from post-polio syndrome next month. Lindsay Corcoran can be reached at 508-634 ...
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New, stripped-down flu vaccine might work better, study finds

For instance, this past season's influenza vaccine reduced the chances of illness by just 9 percent in people older than 65, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, and reduced illness for the population as a whole by 56 percent. And then ...
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Chickenpox vaccine supplies running low

That decision was now before the Government's drug-buying agency Pharmac, which took control of the National Immunisation Schedule last July. There is an alternative vaccine available called Varivax, but it is only recommended for babies aged 12 months ...
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With vaccination rates stable, 'no jab, no play' rules are beside the point

Others actively reject immunisation often because they believe the harms outweigh the benefits. Improving vaccination rates. Mandatory vaccination at any level may seem compelling but is not necessary: it's poorly targeted and ignores the low-hanging ...
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House Gives Key Approval to HPV Vaccine Bill

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Lawmakers gave key approval to what is called the "Cervical Cancer Prevention Act" Wednesday. The bill will allow South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to provide cervical cancer vaccines to students ...
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'Universal' flu vaccine effective in animals

Current flu vaccines use inactivated whole viruses and must be regularly remade to target the strains most likely to cause illness in the coming year. But the new nanoparticles would require fewer updates because they induce the production of ...
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Concept flu vaccine may be breakthrough

"It provides a basis for development of universal influenza vaccines and for more rapid generation of vaccines during new outbreaks," study-co-author Gary Nabel of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Maryland told AFP.
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State Declares Meningitis Outbreak at Princeton University

The New Jersey Department of Health has declared a meningitis outbreak at Princeton University, one day after school officials confirmed the fourth case since March. Yet despite collaboration between the state Department of Health, local officials ...
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UK Epidemic Triggers Measles Immunization for School Children

UK Epidemic Triggers Measles Immunization for School Children With more than 1,000 cases of measles reported in the south of Wales and about hundreds in north England, the health authorities have now decided to offer immunization to school children.
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TopNews New Zealand

No risk of measles outbreak despite drive for more vaccinations

Low uptake rates have been blamed for the recent outbreaks of measles in Wales and parents of partially or unvaccinated children aged 10-16 years are being recommended to seek MMR vaccination through their local GP. Dr Tonia Myers, Clinical Director, ...
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LHC seeks health dept report in measles case

The court was hearing a petition moved by Judicial Activism Panel Chairman Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique seeking judicial inquiry into measles related deaths to fix responsibility of government functionaries in failing to control the outbreak.
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Scots measles cases rise 170% amid vaccine calls

The campaign for ten- to 17-year-olds was announced in April for those who have not been fully vaccinated following the increased cases of measles in England and Wales, particularly the outbreak in the Swansea area which has affected more than 1,000 ...
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Unicef raises funds for children's vaccination campaign

(www.unicef.gr) Unicef is holding a national radio marathon next week in a bid to collect money for the vaccination of underprivileged children in Greece. According to a Unicef report entitled “The state of the children in Greece 2013” that was ...
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Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

Kenya hasn't seen a case of wild polio (as opposed to the rare ones linked to vaccination) since July 2011. And now the risk to neighboring countries is very high, Bari says. "This is a particularly fragile part of the world in terms of immunity," she ...
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Like to garden? Experts remind Albertan green thumbs to get tetanus vaccine

It's a deadly disease gardeners may be exposed to when digging in the dirt. With gardening season upon us, health experts are asking – when was the last time you got a tetanus shot? Tetanus is caused by bacteria found in soil. When it enters a wound, ...
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Whooping cough cases in Larimer County reach 26 so far this year

Children should be routinely immunized against pertussis, even though suspicions are that the vaccine's effectiveness is waning, according to health officials. Those with a respiratory infection with a cough should not expose themselves to others and ...
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FYI: Are Unvaccinated Kids Really Causing The Resurgence Of Whooping ...

Indeed, researchers have found that unvaccinated kids have sparked whooping cough (scientifically known as pertussis) and measles outbreaks in certain schools. Yet because their numbers are small, they're not enough to explain the overall U.S. rise.
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Popular Science

Novel Approach for Influenza Vaccination Shows Promise in Early Animal Testing

The vaccine concept, which was developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), represents an important step forward in the quest to develop a universal influenza vaccine—one that would protect against most ...
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All whooping cough vaccines not created equal, researchers report

Ensuring lasting immunization among the adult and adolescent population-- the “vector for transmission to the community”-- can protect infants and other vulnerable persons. Young children currently ... “We strongly suspect that the vaccine, in becoming ...
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Derbyshire: Council urges parents to get their children vaccinated

Councillor Dave Allen, Derbyshire County Council cabinet member for health and communities said: “We have a strong MMR vaccination record in Derbyshire with 94% of two-year-olds and 93% of five-year-olds vaccinated, but there remain some children ...
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Gainsborough Standard

DTaP Vaccine Supplies Will Be Limited for Summer 2013

According to a notice on the CDC website, Sanofi Pasteur's diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib), marketed as Pentacel, as well as its ...
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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears to be as ...

These trials found that PCV13, which protects against a broader range of pneumococcal types than the previously used PCV7, did not increase the risk for any serious adverse events related to the vaccine. In a study funded by the Centers for Disease ...
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Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine Shows Broader, More Potent Flu Immunity

Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Vaccine Research Center today report on their generation of a self-assembling nanoparticle vaccine, which they say shows broader and more potent immunity than traditional ...
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Bringing health to world's poor goes beyond drug price

Sir, Andrew Jack's report “GSK and Merck pioneer vaccine deal” (May 10) on a discounted human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine price for the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) illustrates a continuing focus on the price, rather than on the ...
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Concept flu vaccine may protect against many strains

PARIS — Scientists unveiled a concept vaccine against flu Wednesday they said may protect against various strains with a single jab. Tested in ferrets, considered good human models, the synthetic vaccine uses nanotechnology to attack parts of the ...
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Brave Harvey is victim of NHS postcode lottery - say family

Little Harvey Phillips lost three of his limbs to meningitis when he was just nine months old. He's adapted to life with great courage and has turned into a proper little sportsman. But now his family say he's become a victim of a post code lottery ...
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Meningitis: Compounding bill emerges from Senate

The legislation, which is intended to prevent another fungal meningitis outbreak, emerged from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on a voice vote Wednesday morning without any amendments. Infections linked to contaminated ...
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Vaccination against rubella on cards

The government had launched a special vaccination drive on MR last year as measles and rubella are documented as significant public health problems in the country. Rubella can cause serious consequences if a pregnant woman gets infected, particularly ...
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Fifteen Years After A Vaccine Scare, A Measles Epidemic

A Life-Course Approach to Vaccination Can Drive Healthy Aging

Yet, despite many promising developments, the potential of “life-course immunization,” which stresses the administration of vaccines throughout all stages of life – including for adults – to prevent disease and promote health, has been largely ...
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Mami en Pikin Welbodi Team increases coverage

The Supervisor for the Immunization/Child Health Campaign, Foday Dafae on Monday, informed journalists that the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has expanded the coverage of the immunization programme. Foday Dafae explained that the previous ...
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Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

Many parts of Somalia have not held polio vaccination campaigns since 2009, Global Polio Eradication Initiative said, and the country, in general, has one of the lowest immunization rates in the world. Ado Ibrahim carries his son Aminu through a ...
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NPR (blog)

Novel approach for influenza vaccination shows promise in early animal testing

The scientists designed an experimental vaccine featuring the protein ferritin, which can self-assemble into microscopic pieces called nanoparticles, as a key component. Ferritin was fused genetically with hemagglutinin (HA), the protein found on the ...
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Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

Lucy Butler, 15, getting ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in England. LONDON — More than a decade ...
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