Vaccine
UN swine flu pandemic alert remains at phase 4
April 29, 2009The international influenza pandemic alert remains at phase four, on a six-level warning scale, the United Nations health agency said today, as the count of swine flu infections continues to rise. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that at...
Health Experts Warn Swine Flu Will Continue To Spread
April 29, 2009By Carol Pearson Governments around the world are intensifying efforts to contain further outbreaks of a deadly swine flu that has killed scores of people in Mexico and has spread globally. The virus has been largely spread by tourists who spent time...
Barack Obama: Utmost Precautions Needed to Combat Swine Flu
April 29, 2009By Michael Bowman U.S. President Barack Obama says schools should consider closing if cases of swine flu are even suspected among students or faculty. Mr. Obama spoke just hours after the United States recorded the first known death outside Mexico...
Lobbying blocks better anthrax vaccine
December 03, 2007An inferior anthrax vaccine fills the national stockpile because of lobbying, reports say. When fear of anthrax was at its peak, shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, scientists at the Institute of Medicine called for a vaccine that...
Blood pressure vaccine may be effective
November 08, 2007A small study by Swiss researchers indicates a hypertension vaccine could be an important alternative to conventional drug therapy. Lead author Dr. Juerg Nussberger of the University Hospital of the Canton of Vaud in Lausanne, Switzerland, says the...
Nicotine vaccine helps smokers quit
November 08, 2007U.S. researchers say a clinical trial shows a nicotine vaccine can help people quit smoking and produces antibodies against nicotine. NicVax, made by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, was tested on 301 study participants in nine centers across the country...
North American researchers eye ALS vaccine
October 06, 2007Researchers from U.S. and Canadian universities said they are working on a vaccine for treating the degenerative condition known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The researchers are developing a vaccine that would target a toxic protein in people with the...
FDA OKs nasal flu vaccine for children
September 19, 2007The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use of the nasal influenza vaccine FluMist to include children 2-5 years old. The nasal spray vaccine, which contains a weakened form of the live virus, was previously limited to healthy...
Groups Consider Funding Bird-Flu-Vaccine Stockpile
March 27, 2007“Several organizations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are considering funding a stockpile of bird-flu vaccine as one possible way to ensure access for people in developing countries most at risk of dying from the disease. ...
