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The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)

Vaccine-resistant pertussis strains found in Philadelphia

Vaccines and Preventable Diseases: Current Vaccine Shortages & Delays

A*STAR and Cytos Bring Singapore's First Influenza Vaccine to Clinical Testing - The vaccine based on Cytos' Virus-Like Particle technology may open the door to accelerated production of influenza vaccines in Singapore

One in five U.S. kids has a mental health disorder, CDC reports

Making a case for universal Hib immunization in India: over interpreting the data by J M Puliyel

Internet Helps Researchers Create Bird Flu Vaccine in Record Time

WHO experts nix yellow fever vaccine booster

Microneedle-delivered nanoparticles boost anti-tumor vaccines

Moving Foward on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

NEWS SCAN: H7N9 emergency scale-backs, H7N7 in Germany, 2009 H1N1 interventions, low US flu activity

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Study: Not All Biosecurity Protocols Effective

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A High School Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant or Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Is Your Local Health Department Ready?

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New reports yield clues about H7N9 detection, links to poultry

Saudi Arabia assigns more labs to coronavirus probe

NEWS SCAN: Ricin in 2 Spokane letters, Haemophilus influenzae in Alaska, malaria mosquito attractant, cholera toolkit

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As many as 19,048 suspected measles cases, with 463 deaths were reported from across Pakistan during the period under review. Taking note of the situation, the Federal Ombudsman appointed a 7-member committee under the chairmanship of his advisor ...
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50000 MMR People Get Vaccinated Against measles

The Public Health Wales (PHW) said 52,502 measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jabs were availed to people all across the region between the early dates of the month of March up till 13 May. In spite of a major progress made by the vaccine in shielding ...
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'Why did no alarms ring when children caught measles?'

Measles happens to be one of the most contagious diseases known, and irrefutable evidence confirms the safety and efficacy of the two-dose MMR vaccination regime. Unfortunately, we are now in the throes of a number of measles outbreaks in the UK, with ...
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Government sweats as measles calls the shots

A senior health expert who managed the campaign told the scribe on the condition of anonymity that the survey conducted on the efficacy of the measles campaign reports that 41 percent of parents did not know about the campaign, while 26 percent ...
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India clears path for new, more affordable rotavirus vaccine

Despite these numbers, India has not yet included rotavirus vaccine in its national immunization program. Nor has India, unlike dozens of other developing countries, applied for rotavirus vaccine support from the GAVI Alliance — the nonprofit ...
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Yellow fever booster vaccination not neccessary, WHO now says

GENEVA -- The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The UN's global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination ...
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CTV News

Lost+Found: Hacking Smart TVs, scammer hotlines and Vaccination

Too small for news, but too good to lose, Lost+Found is a compilation of the other stories that have been on The H's radar over the last seven days: taking apart Samsung's Smart TV software, phone scammers with their own hotline, tricking malware with ...
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HPV Vaccine May Protect With Two Doses Instead of Three

A trial to determine the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil given in two doses instead of the current standard of three suggests that reducing the dosage may be feasible, MedPage Today reports. However, much more research ...
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Dance affected by whooping-cough surge

The middle school has 26 confirmed cases of whooping cough (or pertussis), leading to the cancellation Thursday of the “School's Out” spring dance. The outbreak over the past several weeks at the school is in addition to the 79 whooping-cough cases ...
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Mumps outbreak affects finalists

Mumps has broken out in at least two colleges, jeopardising finalists' exams and rowers' Summer Eights efforts. Cases have been confirmed by doctors in St Hilda's and Corpus Christi, while students are reporting further unconfirmed cases in St John's.
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Cherwell Online

Need cautious effort to eradicate polio: Experts

Even as India is less than a year away from being declared polio free, experts on Thursday asked for cautious administration of vaccine to keep the virus in check. 'India reported the last wild polio virus type 1 case in Howrah, West Bengal, on Jan 13 ...
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Social mobilisation key to polio eradication in India: Bill Gates

Washington, May 17 — Expected to be the hardest, polio eradication was made possible in India thanks to social mobilisation and mapping of houses refusing the vaccine, according to Microsoft's Bill Gates. "The two things that were done super well were ...
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Expert questions US public health agency advice on influenza vaccines

Promotion of influenza vaccines is one of the most visible and aggressive public health policies today, writes Doshi. Today around 135 million doses of influenza vaccine annually enter the US market, with vaccinations administered in drug stores, ...
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A*STAR and Cytos Bring Singapore's First Influenza Vaccine to Clinical Testing

Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their H1N1 influenza vaccine candidate based on ...
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Dereham pupil diagnosed with meningitis

Dr Hamid Maghoub, Consultant in Communicable Diseases at the Public Health England said: “Meningitis does not spread easily from one person to another but can be a very serious illness if it develops. It's important that people everywhere, especially ...
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Gambia Observes Africa Vaccination Week

"Immunisation remains one of the most highly cost effective public health interventions with the potential to reduce both morbidity and mortality, due to vaccine preventable diseases; Furthermore, immunisation against childhood infections diseases has ...
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Teens urged to have MMR jab if needed

TAMWORTH doctors are writing to parents of teenagers offering the MMR vaccination as part of a national catch-up programme. The public health department at Staffordshire County Council is urging parents to look out for the letters and take action if ...
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Flu Vaccine Advice May Be Flawed, Expert Says

FRIDAY, May, 17, 2013 — Public health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have amped up their push for people to get vaccinated against the flu, saying that virtually everyone should get an annual flu shot. But in a ...
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Before you take UCERIS, tell your doctor if you have liver problems, are planning to have surgery, have chickenpox or measles or have recently been near someone with chickenpox or measles, have or had a family history of diabetes, cataracts or glaucoma ...
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Are vaccines making your child mentally ill?

Ask any doctor and they will give you the standard answer: “Autism has no known cause and no known cure.” One controversy that refuses to go away, though, is the reported link between autism and the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine.
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Daily Nation

Fear of vaccinations 'linked to weak knowledge'

“The recent outbreak of measles in Wales, fuelled by lingering, but misplaced, fears over the MMR vaccine, demonstrates how challenging it can be to shake off people's fears about vaccination,” Clare Matterson, director of medical humanities and ...
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Another girl succumbs to measles in Lahore; Punjab death toll at 87

LAHORE: Another girl died of measles in Punjab on Friday, increasing the overall death toll in the province to 87. Despite launching an anti-measles campaign, the Punjab Health Department failed to eradicate the disease. Fatima, one and a half-year old ...
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Waltham Forest MMR vaccination drive wake of Welsh measles outbreak

Parents in the Olympic boroughs are being encouraged to have their children vaccinated through a health drive aiming to increase the coverage of MMR vaccine in the capital's children. GP practices will send birthday cards to parents of newborns and ...
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Yellow fever vaccination booster dose unnecessary: WHO

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) arrived at the conclusion after having reviewed the lastest evidence, according to WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record released on Friday. WHO said since yellow fever vaccination began in ...
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Arkansas Pharmacists Association Wins Immunization Action ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR -- The Arkansas Pharmacists Association's (APA) Pharmacist Immunization Program received an Honorable Mention award from the ...
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Antibody evolution could guide HIV vaccine development

Observing the evolution of a particular type of antibody in an infected HIV-1 patient, a study spearheaded by Duke University, supported by analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has provided insights that will enable vaccination strategies that ...
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Pertussis cases persist in Kalispell student population

KALISPELL - A pertussis outbreak at the Kalispell Middle School means kids will not be having a scheduled spring dance this year. The "School's Out" spring dance scheduled for this Friday has been cancelled after a number of KMS students were diagnosed ...
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After $1 diarrhoea vaccine, Govt wants same for malaria, TB

Buoyed by the success of the public Private partnership experiment in developing the first indigenous rotavirus vaccine to combat a deadly form of viral diarrhoea, the Department of Biotechnology will now shift its focus to researching vaccines for ...
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Infectious disease treatments market driven by growth in middle-income to low ...

Growth rates in the global infectious disease vaccine market are led by rotavirus vaccines at a CAGR of 21.5%, with most of the projected growth outside developed countries that already have vaccination programs well under way. Even though more than ...
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Rotarians stage Roman invasion to beat polio

The 'Battle of Watling Street', as it has been dubbed, is a sponsored cycle event organised by the Colchester Forum Rotary Club in aid of the World Wide Rotary 'End Polio Now' campaign which is close to its target of eliminating the disease across the ...
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Herts and Essex Observer

52000 vaccinated against measles

“We are pleased to see that many parents who have refused the MMR vaccination for their children in the past are now coming forward and we would urge other parents to follow their lead.” A major vaccination programme of weekend drop-in clinics will ...
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Letter: Be attentive to reaction to vaccine

The surveillance program is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I was contacted right away. A reaction needs to be reported. Do not let your child have this vaccine without research and testing first. My daughter now has a ...
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Measles vaccination urged for health staff

Earlier this month parents were advised to ensure their children are fully immunised with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as a number of cases were confirmed in Scotland. Small outbreaks of the highly infectious disease have already been ...
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Scotsman

Wales measles epidemic prompts rubella outbreak warning

Health officials have warned that action is needed to prevent a rubella outbreak, which can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women. Public Health Wales and national deaf-blind charity Sense say about 38,000 young people in Wales have not had the ...
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BBC News

Ballot on HPV vaccine by Yellowknife Catholic School Board

Human papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease which has been found to be connected with cancer. The vaccine has always remained in controversies among Catholic school boards in the South considering the religious beliefs around sex.
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TopNews New Zealand

Singapore's first H1N1 flu vaccine reaches first phase of clinical trial

Scanning electron micrograph of Cytos' Virus-like particle (VLP) used in Singapore's first H1N1 influenza vaccine. VLPs resemble viruses; they mimic the structure of real viruses but are non-infectious because they do not contain any viral genetic ...
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AsiaOne

NZ's District Health Boards Order over Million Influenza Vaccine

NZ's District Health Boards Order over Million Influenza Vaccine It has happened for the first time that District Health Boards in New Zealand have ordered more than million doses. Moreover, people living in Canterbury are quite determined to get their ...
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Tributes paid to art student

TRIBUTES have been paid to a talented 18-year-old A-level art student who died from meningitis. Peter Lynch had been studying for his A-levels and had hoped to go to university. The teenager was an upper sixth pupil at Thornleigh Salesian College ...
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Mum's fundraising year after her ' world fell apart'

A WEST WICK mother, who feared losing her five-day-old baby girl to meningitis, has dedicated a year to fundraising for charity and vowed to warn all mothers of the symptoms. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be ...
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Weston & Somerset Mercury

Waltham Forest MMR vaccination drive in wake of Welsh measles outbreak

GP practices will send birthday cards to parents of newborns and children aged one and four years to promote health checks and vaccinations in a move to mirror a similar successful scheme elsewhere in the world. The initiative, Celebrate and Protect, ...
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Barbara Loe Fisher: Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism

These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine risk deniers ...
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World Health Organization says single yellow fever shot enough to guarantee ...

... fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity ...
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Washington Post

Health chief warns of Scots measles threat

HEALTH boards across the north and north-east have been warned to prepare for a “likely” outbreak of measles, the Press and Journal can reveal. Scotland's chief medical officer, Sir Harry Burns, has written to NHS boards around the country telling them ...
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Who should run our schools?

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Afghans make progress against measles

... against measles. Staff Report. 2013-05-16. Print. Email this Article. t('articles.tweet'). increase text size decrease text size. KABUL – Afghans are making progress in reducing measles incidence with UNICEF help, UNICEF said in a May 7 statement.
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52000 vaccinated against measles

Health chiefs say measles vaccination up-take remains too low among the worst-hit 10 to 18 age group. Copyright © 2013 The Press Association. All rights reserved. Add News to your iGoogle Homepage Add News to your Google Homepage. ©2013 Google ...
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Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed - Thomson Reuters Foundation

The yellow fever 'booster' vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to WHO. An article published in WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) reveals that the Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of ...
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Local Whooping Cough Outbreak

The Hollidaysburg Area School District is reporting six cases of pertussis, four at the junior high school, two at the senior high and one at Pennmont Academy, a private school in the district. Also, one case of whooping cough was reported in the ...
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MMR jab warning after three new measles cases

With fears that a mumps epidemic could also be on the way after cases were reported among students in South Wales, Dr Ash Banerjee, Worcestershire County Council's public health consultant warned parents to ensure children have had the necessary two ...
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India to Produce Diarrhea Vaccination Priced $1

The Indian manufacturer of the new rotavirus vaccine said they will price each vaccine for $1, which is comparatively much lesser than the other vaccines available in the market. Around half a million children across the world and 100,000 kids in India ...
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Parent Herald

Leading Islamic Academy Declares Support for Polio Eradication

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy has expressed support to the polio vaccination in the country, stressing that it has issued a fatwa on anybody or group of persons, who attack health workers carrying out the polio vaccination in the country. The ...
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Expert questions US advice on influenza vaccines

In an article published on bmj.com Peter Doshi, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, questions the US government's public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) pledge: “To base all public ...
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Yellowknife Catholic school board votes to allow HPV shots

Yellowknife's Catholic School Board voted Wednesday night to allow HPV vaccinations to take place in their schools. HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection that is linked to cervical cancer. The Northwest Territories offers the series of three ...
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Challenge to portray deadly disease

The stage piece is an eight- minute drama and dance showing how meningitis can be transmitted, such as by sharing a drink bottle, or lipstick. It portrays the rapid onset of symptoms, and in this case, the fatal outcome. About 80 students in years 9 to ...
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The Nelson Mail

Parents of tragic Shaun rewarded for awareness campaign

After his death, his parents, of Holme Wood, vowed to raise awareness of the brain disease in adults and started working with Meningitis UK, raising thousands of pounds. To thank them, the charity has given them and eight guests tickets to the match, ...
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Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Whitman-Walker Expands Meningitis Response

Meningitis is transmitted through exposure to an infected person's oral fluids, whether through kissing, coughing, sneezing or sharing utensils and drinking glasses. Symptoms of meningitis include sudden onset of fever, headache and stiff neck, and are ...
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Cantabrians keen to tackle flu this winter

Canterbury General Practice teams are ready and able to immunise our community against influenza, supported this year by the public health nursing service that is offering an in-school flu vaccination programme in Christchurch secondary schools.
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Voxy

50000 MMR vaccinations so far in battle to halt Welsh measles epidemic

Public Health Wales (PHW) said 52,502 measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jabs were given to people across Wales between the start of March and 13 May. Despite major progress protecting thousands against the disease, vaccination up-take remains too ...
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The Independent

Campaign aimed at preventing possible measles outbreak

She said as part of the preparations towards the upcoming measles campaign, a sensitisation workshop for media houses in the country would be held this weekend at Pigg's Peak Hotel and Casino. : Add to your del.icio.us del.icio.us | Digg this story ...
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Measles threat remains high

The headline rate of measles in the worst-affected greater Swansea area, in south Wales, hit 1105 yesterday, with 11 extra cases since Tuesday. While the rate of increase is slowing, the two-day rise in one region is still more than the eight cases for ...
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Pakistan may face international travel ban following measles outbreak

Dr Sania Nishtar, Minister for Information and Technology, Education and Trainings and Science and Technology, said that this was the second time a measles outbreak could not be prevented in Pakistan, and this, she warned, could lead to international ...
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Free childhood immunization clinic

ATHENS - The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), Community Health Programs offers free immunizations through the Childhood Immunization Clinic (CHIP) every Thursday. The next clinic will take place on Thursday, May ...
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Ask the vet: Indoor cats may need minimal vaccinations

Our clinic recommends annual rabies vaccination for indoor cats. The three-year rabies vaccine can cause additional inflammation at the vaccine site, and is usually not recommended except for feral or fractious cats. The other vaccine is called FVRCP ...
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Somalia: WHO Investigates Possible Polio Case in Somalia

Somalia was declared polio-free in 2008 after a massive vaccination effort that mobilized over 10,000 volunteers and health workers to fully vaccinate 1.8 million children under that age of five in a country torn by civil war leading to frequent large ...
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TETANUS ELIMINATED IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES AT HIGH RISK – UN AND ...

Many of these women received their tetanus vaccine as part of a campaign which included other life- saving interventions for children – such as immunization against measles, Vitamin A supplements, de-worming tablets and information on umbilical cord ...
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Boy (5) to get MMR vaccine after parents' court dispute

The estranged parents, who were not married, had gone to court in a row over whether their child should have his MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and the 4-in-1 booster shots. The mother wanted the judge to quash a Circuit Court order last year that the ...
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Synthetic Influenza Virus May Cut Vaccine Delivery Time - Medscape

The group had a vaccine virus in hand by the end of the week. The synthetic virus sequence was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the virus was tested in ferrets, where it triggered the proper immune response. Ferrets are ...
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Vaccines Most Effective Public Health Intervention - Guardian

Vaccines are the most effective public health intervention The WHO has stated that Immunisation currently prevents about two to three million deaths every ...
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Bahrain to attain key health goals

Bahrain tops the Middle East and North Africa region for measles immunisation coverage among one-year-olds at 99 per cent - well above the target of 90pc set for 2015 by the 2010 World Health Assembly. The country also has a 99pc immunisation of DTP3 ...
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At lower price, cervical cancer vaccine set to reach more women

It is expected that the new low price secured for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine will facilitate wider deployment of the vaccine against cervical cancer. GAVI Alliance, an international agency funded by several governments and international ...
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FDA Seeks More Muscle After NECC

FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, told a congressional panel investigating the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak tied to the New England Compounding Center (NECC), in Framingham, Mass., that current law “is not well suited” to regulate large ...
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Expert questions US public health agency advice on influenza vaccines

Discount dog and cat rabies vaccines offered Saturday - Arizona Daily Sun

The Coconino County Public Health Services District will sponsor a low-cost rabies vaccination clinic Saturday. Agassiz Animal Clinic will offer rabies vaccinations for $6 for dogs and cats. Fees for other vaccinations will vary. Cash and checks will ...
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Two kids die week after 'victory' - The Nation

Two more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the provincial capital City to 50. So far 75 children have died of measles in the province. On May 9, authorities claimed to have achieved the target fixed for ...
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The Nation

MMR vaccination taken up by more than 50000 in two months

Public Health Wales said fewer than a third of the non-routine vaccinations were given to people aged between 10 and 18 – the age group hardest hit by the outbreak – and continued to warn that further outbreaks of measles are possible while uptake in ...
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Surveillance tool aims to detect, monitor public vaccine concerns

“The Internet has speeded up the global spread of unchecked rumors and misinformation about vaccines and can seriously undermine public confidence, leading to low rates of vaccine uptake and even disease outbreaks,” Heidi Larson, PhD, of the London ...
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Measles 'outbreak' hits two Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn

... due to refusal or delays in vaccination.” Some parents, including many religious Jews, shun getting the vaccine, which prevents mumps, measles, and rubella, out of fear it causes autism, said Dr. Yu Shia Lin of Maimonides Medical Center in Borough ...
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New York Daily News

Indian-made rotavirus vaccine for Rs 54

New Delhi: India has developed Rotavac, a rotavirus vaccine, at a price of around Rs 54 ($1) and it will hit the markets soon. The vaccine, developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech under the Public-Private Partnership mode, is efficacious in ...
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Second round of polio campaign kicks off - Pakistan Observer

Friday, May 17, 2013 - Peshawar—Keeping in view the polio virus epidemiology in central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa especially in Peshawar the Provincial Health Department Thursday started another Short Interval Additional Doses (SIADs) in 12 high risk union ...
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National Orientation and Planning meet on Polio begins

New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) To deliberate methods to attain "zero" Polio status for the country, the National Orientation and Planning Meet (NOPM) on Polio started here today. The meet, being organised by India National Polio Plus Committee of Rotary ...
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At 85, Polio Survivor Joins Rotary To Help Fight Disease

Now 86, the polio survivor was eating dinner at The McAuley retirement community last fall when she met a few members of Rotary International. She learned that the organization's major charity is the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and was invited ...
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Vaccine-resistant pertussis strains found in Philadelphia

WASHINGTON – Vaccine-resistant isolates of Bordetella pertussis have appeared in Philadelphia – the first such strains to be seen in the United States. Of 30 samples analyzed, 18 (60%) showed a variant that conferred resistance to the current vaccine ...
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Can My Newborn Be Vaccinated Without My Permission?

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Internet Helps Researchers Create Bird Flu Vaccine in Record Time - Healthline

Influenza, because it already has an established vaccination system within the public health and regulatory domains, is one of the first pathogens researchers have targeted. “For vaccines against other viruses, even if you could make a vaccine virus ...
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Pennsylvania Physicians Urge State Legislators to Support Immunization ...

There are more than 2,500 licensed pharmacists throughout the state who are ready and able to increase vaccination rates – with many in Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Provider Shortage Areas (HSPAs) where oftentimes the local ...
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The World Small Animal Veterinary Association Recommends Canine VacciCheck

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Vaccination Guidelines Group has recently published the "Vaccination Guidelines for New Puppy Owners". The guidelines' aim is to ensure that dogs are protected from infectious disease, while ...
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Kalispell dance cancelled due to pertussis outbreak

KALISPELL - A pertussis outbreak has forced the cancellation of the "School's Out" spring dance that had been scheduled for Friday, May 17 at Kalispell Middle School. Flathead CARE Executive Director Kari Gabriel says has seen a large outbreak of ...
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