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Flu Outbreak Among Children Feared in Western Australia

...ents of young children to see a doctor for the flu vaccination if they had not already done so. "Parents whose children have cold- or flu-like symptoms, including a cough and a fever, should see their general practitioner," said Dr Van Buynder. He said one of the children had been identified with having the ...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

...provinces and territories in support of a national vaccination program. The Conservative government noted that wh...to seventh grade girls as part of the school-based vaccination program and will not be mandatory. The catch with Gardasil, though, is that it has proved remarkab...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

...n the throes of chronic liver disease should avail vaccination for Hepatitis A. On the same lines, sufferers of Hepatitis C, vulnerable to Hepatitis B, should protect themselves with the Hepatitis B vaccine. This disease also spells double trouble. HIV, which has similar transmission modes, makes many HIV vi...

Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined

...d compared the behaviour of those who received the vaccination to those who had not. The researchers looked for...Alternatively, people might become disinhibited by vaccination and less cautious than the unvaccinated, in which case vaccination might actually increase their ris...

Gardasil Could Be Effective, but Aggressive Marketing Raises Ethical Concerns

... For all the hype, there is serious concern that vaccination may in fact create a false sense of security that will make reliable and effective Pap screening seem less important and cases of HPV infection that develop into cervical cancer more common. As with other cancers, the World Health Organization's (W...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

...r attributed the fall in rabies cases to a massive vaccination campaign carried out by veterinary officials. Doctors at the main referral Connaught Hospital are worried about a lack of rabies antidotes to combat dog bites. The hospital has had to rely heavily on anti-rabies drug handouts from international ag...

Child Health Key Focus Among Muslim Nations

...us leaders to take responsibility to promote polio vaccination among poor and marginalised Muslim populations. '(We) hereby strongly affirm that polio eradication is an urgent priority for all OIC member states,' the draft statement said. Polio, a preventable disease, has remained endemic in four countries, t...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

...r attributed the fall in rabies cases to a massive vaccination campaign carried out by veterinary officials. Doctors at the main referral Connaught Hospital are worried about a lack of rabies antidotes to combat dog bites. The hospital has had to rely heavily on anti-rabies drug handouts from international age...

Vietnam Bird Flu Death a Call for Action, Say Experts

... has triggered a surge in production. Nationwide vaccination campaigns -- widely hailed as a model that other countries have sought to emulate -- have become increasingly spotty, Vietnamese and international animal health officials have warned. "We've had bird flu for four years," said the UN Food and Agricult...

Genetic Variations Leads to Fever After Smallpox Vaccination

...etic variations linked to fever following smallpox vaccination may also influence fever risk after other live-vir...ividuals who had participated in previous smallpox vaccination clinical trials evaluating Dryvax, the vaccine given to U.S. military personnel. About 95 percent of...

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...rhaps one in 500,000 children who receives the MMR vaccination suffers a severe brain inflammation that can lead to lifelong mental disability -- presumably including autism. The vaccine court has awarded several dozen such children over the past two decades. Michelle's parents might have brought their claim und...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine for the 12 Year Old

...Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation want the vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) to be done fo... advisers have delayed a decision to introduce the vaccination programme. Cancer specialists yesterday criticised the committee of advisers for taking a year to re...

Girls Could Be Vaccinated Against Cervical Cancer in Britain

..., and will work closely with the NHS to ensure the vaccination can be delivered effectively. However, we are hoping that girls will start being vaccinated from as early as 2008." The department said smear testing would continue after the vaccine is introduced....

Vietnam Plans Human Trial of Bird Flu Vaccine

...e said. "The challenge with a pandemic influenza vaccination is that you have to work just as quickly, you don't have the experience behind you, and the consequences of failure are much higher." The trials would improve the skills of Vietnamese epidemiologists and help the country deal with future health threa...

Oral Anti Viral Tamiflu A Cost Effective Treatment

...e cost. The research also showed that pre-pandemic vaccination programmes would play an important role but their effectiveness would be dependent upon how well the vaccine was matched to the virus. The World Health Organisation provides a strong recommendation for the use of Tamiflu for the prevention of avi...

New Research to Make Science and Technology Work for the Poor

...n Nigeria which backfired because Muslims believed vaccination was a ploy to inject people with anti-fertility drugs. Polio is now resurgent in Nigeria; Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's claims to cure AIDS with herbal medicine which risks derailing anti-retroviral treatments; and local opposition to large dam bu...

Cuban Healthcare Delivers, Experts Say

... in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality and vaccination rates than we do," he said. Cuban experts also regret that medical genetics is a much ignored field in Latin America. At the 3rd International Conference in Congenital Defects and Disabilities of Developing Countries in Brazil a few days ago, Cu...

Pakistan to Launch World's Biggest Anti-measles Drive

...stan, claiming the lives of 58 children a day, but vaccination coverage here is currently only 69 percent. "It ...ile government-run clinics will be also be used as vaccination centres. Medics will make special plans to reach isolated mountain and desert communities. "This...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

A new study has shown that regular vaccination of infants against H. influenzae type b (Hib), a b...more, USA. "Our research shows that routine Hib vaccination is a feasible and highly effective way of preventing death related to Hib pneumonia and meningitis a...

Hib Vaccination can Prevent Pneumonia

...imore, USA. Our research shows that routine Hib vaccination is a feasible and highly effective way of preventing death related to Hib pneumonia and meningitis and could save the lives of a significant number of Asian children who die under the age of five. Bangladesh views Hib vaccine as an integral tool in...

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