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Rotavirus Vaccine Not Associated With Increased Risk of Intestinal Disorder in U.S. Infants

Although some data have suggested a possible increased risk of intussusception (when a portion of the small or large intestine slides forward into itself, like a telescope) after administration of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in infants, an analysis that included ...More

11 hours ago

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Administration of Meningococcal Vaccine With Other Routine Infant Vaccines Appears Effective

Administration of routine infant immunizations with a vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium that is a cause of serious disease such as sepsis and meningitis, was effective against meningococcal strains and produced minimal interference with the ...More

12 hours ago

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Saint Louis University Doctors Aim to Dispel Myths About Vaccines

Two Saint Louis University pediatricians are leading a Missouri State Medical Association statewide effort to change the way doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines, and to raise awareness about the importance of getting children vaccinated. Ken Haller, MD, associate ...More

6 days ago

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Genetics Study Reveals How Bacteria Behind Serious Childhood Disease Evolve to Evade Vaccines

Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and U.S. to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, ...More

2 weeks ago

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NFID to Host 15th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases will host the 15th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, May 7-9, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore. This three-day conference presents high-quality, current reports of scientific progress via invited ...More

2 weeks ago

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Vaccines to Boost Immunity Where It Counts, Not Just Near Shot Site

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have created synthetic nanoparticles that target lymph nodes and greatly boost vaccine responses, said lead author Ashley St. John, PhD, a researcher at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. The paper was published online in the ...More

3 weeks ago

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Many High-Risk Americans Don't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine

A recently published study investigating hepatitis B vaccination rates in the United States found that more than half of adults at risk for hepatitis B virus remain unvaccinated. With many of these individuals making contact with the healthcare system, including HIV ...More

3 weeks ago

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Anthrax Capsule Vaccine Protects from Lethal Infection in Animal Model

Vaccination with the anthrax capsule—a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease—protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to U.S. Army scientists. The study, which appears in the Jan. 20, 2012 print edition of the journal ...More

4 weeks ago

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ISU, Professor Receive Patent for Adjuvant That Boosts Immune System

Swapan Ghosh, Indiana State University professor of biology. While conducting research on cancer, Swapan Ghosh and a team of graduate and doctoral students discovered a phytol-derived adjuvant. That adjuvant formula just became U.S. Patent No. 8,088,395. “I’m so excited,” ...More

4 weeks ago

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Researchers Discover a Potential Target for Schistosomiasis Vaccine

In the complicated life cycle of ancient flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a gene activator crucial to development of the parasites within humans – a potential target for a vaccine. A description of the ...More

January 5, 2012

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