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Colon Cancer Vaccine in Human Trials Stage
24 March, 2009 – 13:33 | No Comment

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have enlisted at least a dozen people to take part in the study of a vaccine against colon cancer. Still in the experimental stage of development, the vaccine is expected to block the growth…

Egg Allergies Make Flu Vaccines Risky
16 March, 2009 – 17:56 | No Comment

This year’s influenza (flu) season is off to a late but vigorous start, with some areas being so hard hit that medical experts are reminding people that it’s still not too late to get a flu shot.  These shots help…

Iowa Autism Activists Continue Seeking Ban on Mercury in Vaccines
19 February, 2009 – 5:32 | 2 Comments

A suspected link between childhood vaccines and autism was thought by many to be dispelled by a federal court ruling last week that declared no link between the two.  Autism activists in Iowa aren’t convinced, however, and will continue seeking…

Court: Vaccination Does Not Cause Autism
17 February, 2009 – 23:15 | 2 Comments

After more than a year of emotionally charged testimonies, the US Court of Federal Claims has determined that routine childhood vaccination does not cause autism.  The ruling is the result of three test cases involving three families of autistic children,…

Universal Flu Vaccine Breakthrough
6 February, 2009 – 5:32 | One Comment

Producing a vaccine for influenza is a tricky business.  Global trends must be analyzed, three separate strains of the flu virus must be chosen, and enough vaccine prepared months in advance of flu season in order to have ample supplies…

New Vaccine May Speed Eradication of Malaria
9 December, 2008 – 22:40 | No Comment

Oh, mosquitoes!  Everybody hates them.  They buzz, they bite, they itch, and they’ve ruined as many picnics as those pesky ants have.  Mosquitoes are much worse than a mere nuisance, however.  They carry a parasite that can infect a person…

CDC Says One in Four Girls Now Vaccinated Against Cancer
16 October, 2008 – 21:05 | No Comment

In the first government-backed survey conducted since Gardasil, the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), made its market debut in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 25% of all American girls between the ages of…

FDA Expands Gardasil’s Cancer-Preventing Uses
16 September, 2008 – 6:31 | One Comment

In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine, Gardasil, for girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 as a means of preventing cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).  In a September…

Flu Vaccination Does Not Prevent Death in Elderly?
8 September, 2008 – 6:16 | One Comment

Many people think getting a flu vaccination will protect them from getting the flu and, by extension, reduce the number of deaths attributed to an influenza outbreak.  New research, however, reveals the flu vaccination does not prevent death in elderly…

Measles Vaccine Cleared of Autism Charges
5 September, 2008 – 6:31 | No Comment

With the hope of putting to rest the question, posed in 1998, that the widely used childhood measles vaccine is linked to gastrointestinal (GI) illness that heralds the onset of autism, researchers at Columbia University have released the findings of…

Vaccine Allergies No Reason to Shun Childhood Inoculation
3 September, 2008 – 5:31 | One Comment

Measles, mumps, and whooping cough outbreaks have been reported in the United States in recent months.  In other countries, children have become ill with the measles and polio.  All these diseases, once common to childhood, can be avoided by a…

Bird Flu Vaccine Ready to License
28 August, 2008 – 6:24 | One Comment

The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, strain of bird flu discovered in 2005.  This particular strain of bird flu has made 385 people…

More Measles in 2008 Than Previous Decade
26 August, 2008 – 7:53 | No Comment

Between January and July of this year, 131 cases of measles have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One single outbreak in Illinois affected 30 individuals but people in 15 states and the District…

Gardasil Administration Best to Focus on Young Women
22 August, 2008 – 6:21 | 11 Comments

During 2007, more than 11,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer. Another 3,600 women died from it. The recently introduced Gardasil vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer but it is most effective…