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Measles: Get your family vaccinated before holiday– Ireland health officials

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Ireland health officials are advising the public to get vaccinated with two doses of a Measles-containing vaccine to protect themselves and their families before the holiday season because of an on-going...

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Google search for info on vaccines and autism: ‘A pollution of the health information available to the public with misinformation that can potentially impact on public health’

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Research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has found that information available online can provide unreliable information based on old, ‘weak’ scientific studies. The study ‘Fake...

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RSV vaccine Phase 1 study to begin

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed to protect against respiratory...

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Tdap vaccine given during pregnancy reduces occurrence of infant pertussis: Study

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A study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows the effectiveness of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccine for infants whose mothers receive the vaccine...

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2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia: Make sure your vaccines are up to date

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UN health officials are advising those travelling to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to ensure that they´re up-to-date with all their vaccinations, including the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine...

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Study: No link between HPV vaccination and risk of autoimmune disorders

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A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found no increased risk of autoimmune disorders in girls who received quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV4) vaccination, adding to the body...

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Lyme disease vaccine Phase 2 study slated for second half of 2018

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In a follow-up on the progress on French company, Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine candidate VLA15, the company expects to launch a Phase 2 study in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory...

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GeoVax Awarded NIH Grant for Novel Zika Vaccine

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Biotechnology company, GeoVax Labs, Inc announced this week that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the Company...

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Nipah virus: $25 million agreement to advance the development and manufacture of a vaccine

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CEPI—the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations—today announced a collaboration with Profectus BioSciences, Inc. and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. under which Profectus and Emergent will receive...

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Emergex Files a Patent in the USA for its novel Pandemic Flu Vaccine

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Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited, a biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to enable synthetic vaccine development in the field of infectious diseases, today announces that it has filed a patent...