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Lower Vaccination Rates Put Children At Risk
April 29, 2005 Children treated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) have lower vaccination rates than the general population, exposing them to added risk from preventable illnesses such as mumps and ... > full story -
Combination Vaccine Produces Lower Immune Response Than Vaccines Administered Separately
April 20, 2005 A combination vaccine developed to reduce the number of vaccines infants receive appears to provide less immunity than the vaccines administered individually, according to a study in the April 13 ... > full story -
Rubella No Longer Major Public Health Threat
April 19, 2005 A major public health milestone has been achieved in the United States - the rubella virus, a major cause of serious birth defects such as deafness and blindness, also known as congenital rubella ... > full story -
Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years
March 7, 2005 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced that countries are on target to halve deaths from measles, a leading vaccine-preventable ... > full story -
Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step To Use Measles Virus Against Cancer
February 4, 2005 An international team of Mayo Clinic-led researchers is first to devise a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts down and destroys cancer cells -- ... > full story -
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A New Model For Child Survival In Africa
December 19, 2004 In the first nationwide campaign of its kind, Togo’s children will receive four life-saving interventions at once. The landmark campaign, launched today, intends to reach one million children ... > full story -
Autism: Why Do Some Develop Then Regress?
December 3, 2004 Most children with autism show developmental differences early in life, usually involving their ability to communicate. But new University of Michigan research examines the 20 to 40 percent of ... > full story -
Vaccines Are Not Associated With Autism, Report Says
May 19, 2004 Based on a thorough review of clinical and epidemiological studies, neither the mercury-based vaccine preservative thimerosal nor the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine are associated with autism, ... > full story -
Measles On The Rise As Vaccinations Fall In The UK, Science Study Reports
August 11, 2003 Outbreaks of measles in England and Wales have increased following a decline in infant vaccinations against the viral disease. A continued decline in vaccinations may lead to increasingly large ... > full story -
Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop "Cancer Snitch"
May 8, 2002 If the treatment of cancer is a war -- as declared decades ago -- one of the most daunting problems has always been how to develop reliable reconnaissance once behind enemy lines -- that is, inside ... > full story
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