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New vaccine protects kids against hand, foot and mouth disease
LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have developed the first vaccine to protect children against a virus called enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes the common and sometimes deadly hand, foot and mouth disease.
Large study finds no vaccine link to nerve disorder
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a review of data covering 13 years and millions of patients, researchers found no evidence of a link between being vaccinated against tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia or flu, and developing the nerve-degenerating disorder Guillain-Barré.
Indian supply drives down the cost of childhood vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of immunizing children in developing countries with a five-in-one vaccine is set to fall after a deal by an Indian supplier to slash the price it charges the GAVI global vaccines group.
New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China – typically the first step in making a flu vaccine – government-backed researchers had already begun testing … Continue reading
Synchrotron yields ‘safer’ vaccine
British scientists develop a new way to create an entirely synthetic vaccine which does not rely on using live infectious virus, meaning it is much safer.
In U.S., flu vaccine worked in just over half of those who got it
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. government analysis of this season’s flu vaccine suggests it was effective in only 56 percent of people who got the shot, and it largely failed to protect the elderly against an especially deadly strain circulating … Continue reading
Insight: GSK vaccine ingredient scrutinized for narcolepsy clues
LONDON (Reuters) – Mounting evidence of a link between GlaxoSmithKline’s Pandemrix flu shot and a spike in narcolepsy cases among children in Europe is putting one of the vaccine’s key ingredients, AS03, under intense scrutiny.
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INSIGHT-GSK vaccine ingredient scrutinised for narcolepsy clues
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Mounting evidence of a link between GlaxoSmithKline’s Pandemrix flu shot and a spike in narcolepsy cases among children in Europe is putting one of the vaccine’s key ingredients, AS03, under intense scrutiny.
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Flu vaccine not linked to fetal death
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Getting the flu vaccine while pregnant does not increase the odds that the fetus will die in the womb, according to a new study of tens of thousands of women in Norway.