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(Phys.org)—A dramatic image of a virus replicating and spreading through cells, destroying them as it goes, has been captured by University of Sydney researchers. http://phys.org/news270980373.html Biology Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:19:42 EST news270980373 A certain gene in some monkeys can help boost vaccine protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a trait that could help researchers develop better AIDS vaccines for humans, suggested a study out Wednesday. http://phys.org/news223738128.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 May 2011 14:29:17 EST news223738128 New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say. http://phys.org/news218132594.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:23:33 EST news218132594 Researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain) taking part in the European VACSATC project have studied mothers' and fathers' opinions on vaccinating their children in five countries. The results of the survey show that Spanish mothers are more resistant than those in other countries to the idea of paying for vaccines, while 20.9% expressed some concern about the safety of vaccines. http://phys.org/news205664069.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:10:05 EST news205664069 After more than a decade of development at the National Institutes of Health, a vaccine to prevent infection by the mosquito-borne dengue virus has begun human clinical testing. The vaccine was developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and is undergoing clinical study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. http://phys.org/news200587870.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:10:06 EST news200587870 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have determined people who were vaccinated against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus may also be protected against the lethal 1918 Spanish influenza virus, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide. The new findings are published in the current issue of Nature Communications. http://phys.org/news195820107.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:50:01 EST news195820107 The first head to head study of the two H1N1 vaccines used in the UK during the recent pandemic finds that the adjuvanted split virus vaccine induced higher immune response rates in young children, but was associated with more reactions than the whole virus vaccine. http://phys.org/news194240970.html Medicine & Health Fri, 28 May 2010 04:51:46 EST news194240970 New research has found that an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health protects monkeys against not only the two most lethal Ebola virus species for which it was originally designed, both recognized in 1976, but also against a newer Ebola virus species that was identified in 2007. http://phys.org/news193583468.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 May 2010 17:00:12 EST news193583468 Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains, which could make future outbreaks unpredictable and difficult to tackle, according to biologists. http://phys.org/news191167364.html Biology Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:00:37 EST news191167364 (AP) -- U.S. health officials urged pediatricians Monday to temporarily stop using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix were contaminated with bits of an apparently benign pig virus. http://phys.org/news188495899.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:58:34 EST news188495899 (PhysOrg.com) -- An experimental vaccine developed using non-infectious virus-like particles (VLP) has protected macaques and mice against chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that has infected millions of people in Africa and Asia and causes debilitating pain, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found. http://phys.org/news183923224.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:49:06 EST news183923224 (PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease. http://phys.org/news180016919.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:42:26 EST news180016919 (AP) -- New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or risk losing their jobs, saying in a decision issued Thursday that they did so because the vaccine is in short supply. http://phys.org/news175501077.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:26:53 EST news175501077 Prevention of H1N1 influenza virus through vaccination must be our top priority if disease patterns in the northern hemisphere follow those in the southern hemisphere this fall, writes Paul Hébert, Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) in an editorial. http://phys.org/news169735880.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:51:43 EST news169735880 (AP) -- Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio. http://phys.org/news169652686.html Medicine & Health Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:50:02 EST news169652686 A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities to react more quickly in the event of a potential pandemic. http://phys.org/news161870513.html Biology Mon, 18 May 2009 13:02:43 EST news161870513 The H1N1 virus has now been found in a Canadian swine herd, and an Iowa State University researcher has developed an H1N1 flu vaccine for pigs. http://phys.org/news160849640.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 17:27:44 EST news160849640 Virginia Tech virologist Chris Roberts' goal is to develop a platform for a flu vaccine that allows rapid modifications to meet new strains of flu. http://phys.org/news160662736.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 13:32:48 EST news160662736 (PhysOrg.com) -- When Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first appeared in 2003, international cooperation helped contain the virulent coronavirus, which caused respiratory illness in more than 8,000 people and killed almost 10 percent of them. Better understanding of such viruses will help control similar diseases when they strike again. http://phys.org/news158947206.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:00:32 EST news158947206 (PhysOrg.com) -- New findings from research performed on the influenza virus using X-rays generated by the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory may help pave the way for the development of a new, more effective vaccine that could combat a wide range of strains of the common and frequently deadly illness. http://phys.org/news157383064.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:32:12 EST news157383064 A new study appearing in The Prostate has found that certain measles virus vaccine strain derivatives, including a strain known as MV-CEA, may prove to be an effective treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The findings show that this type of treatment, called virotherapy, can effectively infect, replicate in and kill prostate cancer cells. http://phys.org/news151764972.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:56:45 EST news151764972