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Ebola vaccine produces antibody response in 20 adults in early trials

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NEWS RELEASE An experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease was well-tolerated and produced immune system responses in all 20 healthy adults who received it in a phase 1 clinical trial conducted...

Lyme disease vaccine candidate has the potential to provide protection against most Borrelia species

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PRESS RELEASE European biotechnology company Valneva SE (Valneva) announced today that an article, presenting for the first time the preclinical data of its novel vaccine candidate for prevention of...

Measles dry powder vaccine shows success in Phase I clinical trial

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A measles vaccine made of fine dry powder and delivered with a puff of air triggered no adverse side effects in early human testing and it is likely effective, according to a paper to be published November...

Meningococcal Group B Vaccine, Trumenba, now available in the US

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Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that TRUMENBA® (Meningococcal Group B Vaccine), the first and only FDA-approved vaccine for active immunization to prevent invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup...

Majority of Kenyans disagree with Catholic bishops on tetanus vaccine

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The majority of Kenyans (58 percent) do not hold the same position as the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, that is, they don’t believe the tetanus vaccine is laced with Beta HCG hormone and...

WHO statement on tetanus vaccine: ‘There is no HCG hormone in tetanus toxoid vaccines’

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In response to the very public accusations out of Kenya concerning tainted tetanus vaccine and “population control”, the World Health Organization released the following statement: WHO is...

Measles deaths up in 2013, poor progress in vaccinations: WHO

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WHO warned today that progress towards the elimination of measles has stalled. The number of deaths from measles increased from an estimated 122 000 in 2012 to 145 700 in 2013, according to new data...

pneumococcus

Pneumonia kills 940,000 children per year, deaths have declined by 44 per cent since 2000: UNICEF

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Significant declines in child deaths from pneumonia prove that strategies to defeat the disease are working, UNICEF said on the sixth World Pneumonia Day. But much more is needed to stop hundreds of thousands...

Cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccine could prevent as many as 93 percent of all cervical cancers: CDC

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is by far the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection (STI) reported, new or new and existing combined, HPV accounts for approximately 79 million of the total STIs in the...

Kenya: Catholic bishops say tetanus vaccine laced with Beta- HCG hormone

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The huge controversy that has been brewing in Kenya has hit some new levels with some astounding accusations being made concerning the country’s tetanus vaccination campaign. Last month it was reported...