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Economic Impact of Dengue Virus in Americas: $2.1 Billion Per Year, Study Finds
February 7, 2011 Dengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as Argentina, Chile and the continental ... > full story -
HPV Vaccine Works for Boys: Study Shows First Clear Benefits
February 4, 2011 A 4,000-patient clinical trial that spanned 18 countries has shown the first published data that the HPV vaccine works in young men and ... > full story -
Potential Vaccine to Prevent Gastritis, Ulcer Disease, Gastric Cancer
February 2, 2011 A new study has identified a potential vaccine capable of reducing colonization of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) -- a known cause of gastritis, ulcer disease and ... > full story -
New Study Alters Long-Held Beliefs About Shingles
February 1, 2011 For decades, medical wisdom about shingles has been that it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The commonly-held belief is that patients are protected from a recurrence of the herpes zoster virus, ... > full story -
Inhalable Measles Vaccine Tested
February 1, 2011 Sustained high vaccination coverage is key to preventing deaths from measles. Despite the availability of a vaccine, measles remains an important killer of children worldwide, particularly in ... > full story -
Patient Trials of New Leukemia Cancer Vaccine Begun
January 31, 2011 A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient's immune system and enables the body to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK. The study ... > full story -
How Bacteria Keep Ahead of Vaccines and Antibiotics
January 27, 2011 A new study has used DNA sequencing to provide the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it ... > full story -
Cholera Vaccination Beneficial, Post-Outbreak
January 25, 2011 Researchers newly report evidence that vaccination against cholera can be beneficial even after an outbreak has ... > full story -
New TB Vaccine Provides Stronger, Longer-Lasting Protection
January 25, 2011 Researchers have found that a new vaccine strategy tested in mice provides stronger, more long-lasting protection from tuberculosis infection than the vaccine currently used in humans, known as ... > full story -
Vaccines for Plague and Bacterial Pneumonias?
January 25, 2011 There is no licensed plague vaccine in the United States. Researchers are now working to develop a vaccine that will protect members of the armed services and public from a "plague ... > full story
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