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HPV vaccine: Gardasil 9 approved for use in women and men aged 27 through 45 years

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a supplemental application for Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) expanding the approved use of the vaccine to include...

Doctoral student Kris Short works to prepare vaccine formulations for the University of Montana's Center for Translational Medicine. Image/University of Montana

Universal flu vaccine: University of Montana awarded $10 million contract to develop

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The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $10 million contract to the University of Montana to develop a new universal flu vaccine. The five-year award went to Dr. Jay Evans, director of UM’s...

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Flu vaccines: Recommended composition for use in the 2019 southern hemisphere influenza season

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The World Health Organization (WHO) their report this week, Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2019 southern hemisphere influenza season  and here is a summary of the...

A person receives the seasonal influenza vaccine (flu shot). Imahe/NIAID

Influenza: 80,000 people died from flu last season according to CDC estimates

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Following a particularly severe 2017-2018 influenza (flu) season with a record-breaking estimated 900,000 hospitalizations and more than 80,000 deaths in the U.S., the National Foundation for Infectious...

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Yellow fever vaccination campaign in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo

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After the confirmation of a yellow fever case last month, the Republic of Congo, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners started today a vaccination campaign to control the...

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Enterotoxigenic E. coli research to be used in an effort to develop a preventive vaccine for travelers

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Every year, millions of people have vacations and business trips ruined when they succumb to “traveler’s diarrhea” during their journeys. A major cause of traveler’s diarrhea is...

3D print of influenza virus. The virus surface (yellow) is covered with proteins called hemagglutinin (blue) and neuraminidase (red). NIH

Experimental nasal flu vaccine tested in children and teens

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An early-stage clinical trial testing the safety and immune-stimulating ability of an experimental nasal influenza vaccine in healthy 9- to 17-year-old children and teens has begun enrolling participants...

Image/CDC-/ Meredith Boyter Newlove, M.S., James Archer, M.S.

Papua New Guinea polio outbreak rises to 12, Vaccination campaign expanded to cover all children aged up to 15 years

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On 11 September, two additional polio cases were reported from Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, bringing the outbreak total to 12. The distribution of confirmed cases is as follows:  four...

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Brazil measles vaccination campaign reaches 10 million

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In a follow-up on the measles and polio vaccination campaign in Brazil, more than 10 million children from one to less than five years old were vaccinated with 20.8 million doses of polio and measles. However,...

An antibody (dark grey) is binding to an HIV envelope protein (coloured) on the surface of the virus (light grey) Image/University of Zurich

HIV vaccine: Special antibodies that neutralize all strains may be the answer

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A small number of people who are infected with HIV-1 produce very special antibodies. These antibodies do not just fight one virus strain, but neutralize almost all known virus strains. Research into developing...