New study shows measles immunization may prevent fatal brain infection
A new study has found wild-type measles virus in tissues from patients who died of a fatal brain infection, providing evidence against the notion that the strain of virus in the measles vaccine caused the infection. The study, in the November 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, also concludes that vaccination against measles could prevent many more cases of the...New Rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule
The federal agency that oversees childhood vaccinations today recommended a new vaccine for routine use against rotavirus infection, a common childhood illness that is the single largest infectious disease killer of infants and young children worldwide. Three scientists associated with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The Wistar Institute are co-inventors of the vaccine, based on resea...Immunization rates hit record high in poor countries
Reaching into a box glowing with fluorescent light, Stacie Grassano pulls out a tube. "This is a great one," she says, holding the clear plastic up to her face. Inside, a tree branch is speckled with white fluff. "It's growing really well," she says, handing it to Scott Costa. Costa brings the branch close to his eye. "Yes," he says, with a boyish grin, "this is a fungus success story." <...Custom Immunization from Proteintech Group, Inc.
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India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Monday said that the government would include Hepatitis B vaccination under its national immunisation programme// as it has been emerging as a "problem greater than AIDS." Addressing the valedictory function of an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-World Health Organisation (WHO) organised training workshop on laboratory diagnosis of lepto...$35 billion needed globally for immunization
Globally $35 billion will be required for immunization in the next ten years to save an additional ten million lives//. The money will go towards reaching more children with basic vaccines, improving health care systems and introducing new vaccines such as those for pneumococcus, rotavirus, meningitis and Japanese encephalitis, a UNICEF and WHO report released here revealed....Passive Immunization to prevent Bird flu infection
Fears of Bird flu pandemic is on the rise as there are new reports from Turkey which has shown mutation in the Haemagglutinin antigen fragment of the bird flu virus and there are several reports showing// resistance to antiflu drugs shown by these viruses. Scientists are working out plans of Passive Immunization, in which the antibodies is collected from the blood of the infected bird flu patien...Pneumococcal Vaccine: Childhood Immunization Programme has a new recruit
The chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, has announced the introduction of the routine pneumococcal vaccine into the childhood immunization programme , with a motive to prevent children from falling ill, and thus saving many lives. // The pneumococcal infection, upon entering the blood stream, can cause health complications, as grave as meningitis, septicemia (blood poisoning) a...MMR Vaccine Immunizations Rates Are On The Rise
National Health Service has conducted a study and found that the rates have increased among those who take the MMR vaccine. // More parents are getting their children immunized with the three-in-one MMR jab in Scotland. But the rates are still well below the Scottish Executive's target level of 95% by the age of two. But there was a 0.7% increase in the rates of immunization. The drop...New Study Confirms Role for Pertussis Immunization of Entire Family in Reducing Infant Pertussis
Majority of Infants Infected by Members of Their Own Household SWIFTWATER, Pa., March 27, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new studyreleased today in the April issue of The Pediatric InfectiousDisease Journal about the transmission of pertussis -- commonlyknown as whooping cough -- found that household members were thesource for 71 to 82 percent of cases among infants for whom asource case could be...Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
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