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  • New Report Finds Rising Risk of Infectious Diseases in U.S.
    WASHINGTON – The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released a new report today, “Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America,” which finds that at least 170,000 Americans die annually from newly emerging and re-emerging ...More
    October 30, 2008
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  • Researchers Shed Light on Immune System Suppression
    New work reported in the Oct. 16 issue of the journal Cell Host & Microbe.from researchers at the Scripps Institute Work could aid development of new treatments for infectious diseases such as HIV, measles and tuberculosis. The study described the suppression of this ...More
    October 20, 2008
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  • Study Shows No Connection Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
    In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset were unrelated to MMR vaccine timing. Study findings were reported ...More
    September 4, 2008
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  • Most Vaccine-Allergic Children Can Still be Vaccinated Safely, Hopkins Experts Say
    With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Writing in the September issue of ...More
    September 2, 2008
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  • Combo Shots Make Vaccines Less of a Pain in the Arm
    For children heading back to school this fall, the obligatory visit to the doctor’s office may leave them feeling less like a pincushion than in previous years. This is due in large part to the growing trend of combining vaccines and booster shots into one or two ...More
    July 14, 2008
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  • New Online Tool Manages Children’s Vaccine Schedules
    Georgia Tech associate professor Pinar Keskinocak, graduate student Faramroze Engineer and executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC Larry Pickering (left to right) display the new online tool they developed that allows parents and ...More
    July 14, 2008
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  • Researchers Discover How Measles Virus Spreads in its Host
    Measles, one of the most common contagious diseases, has been thought to enter the body through the surface of airways and lungs, like many other major viruses. Now, Mayo Clinic researchers and their collaborators say that’s not the case, and some medical texts will ...More
    June 23, 2008
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  • Experts Agree: Vaccines Give Healthcare a Needed Shot in the Arm
    Vaccines will play a growing role in global public health, but controversies may impede their progress. That was the conclusion of four international experts at a symposium sponsored by University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the fifth in a series on the future of ...More
    May 15, 2008
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  • CDC Says One-Fourth of Toddlers Behind on Vaccinations
    Your toddler might be improperly vaccinated, even if she’s had every immunization the government recommends, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).More than one in four children are out of compliance with U.S. vaccination ...More
    April 29, 2008
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  • CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles
    As Americans travel to Israel for the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises all travelers to ensure they are protected from measles before departing, because of a measles outbreak in Israel. Since September, more than 900 ...More
    April 14, 2008
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