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Following promising results in earlier trials in Thailand in 2009, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced a large-scale trial to take place in South Africa in November this year. An ongoing preliminary safety trial in South Africa also yielded positive results giving scientists hope that the November trial will produce an HIV-AIDS vaccine once and for all.
The vaccine protected volunteers against an mild attenuated form of all four serotypes of dengue virus. Its success in phase 3 clinical trials could boost zika vaccine development.
FDA has just approved the expansion of Pfizer’s Xalkori treatment to include patients suffering from a rare mutated form of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Brazil and a U.S. research hospital in Texas have signed an agreement to create a Zika vaccine.
The flu vaccine can reduced people's risk of developing flu-related pneumonia, a new study found.
Flu outbreaks are expected any time this month in October and its time to remember that prevention is better than cure.
A British man who was vaccinated from polio has been shedding the virus for nearly 30 years.
The study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation revealed that researchers managed to develop a vaccine for Ebola that can be inhaled, instead of injected. The trials on macaque monkeys which indicated an impressive level of protection against the virus, were also considered to be successful. The next step ahead for researchers will be the human trials, which is expected to take place within the next couple of months, Newsweek reported. Alexander Bukreyev from the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas told Newsweek that the National Institutes of Health has scheduled the vaccine's initial tests on humans.
Researchers tested the DNA vaccine in rats to find that it lowered blood pressure for six months.
A new study shows that measles can leave immunity memory impaired following an infection and make the body susceptible to other diseases.
A new study is yet another in a long list that makes a strong case to dispel the notion that vaccines cause autism in children
Disneyland measles is said to be spreading around the United States. Experts said that the spread is caused by the lack of vaccine.
Arizona health officials are working hard to contain and prevent a measles outbreak from spreading ahead of Super Bowl XLIX.
The measles outbreak linked to two Disney theme parks has continued to spread, health officials reported.
