News tagged with haemophilus influenzae

Battle of the bugs leaves humans as collateral damage

It's a tragedy of war that innocent bystanders often get caught in the crossfire. But now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford have shown how a battle for survival at a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis

It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial meningitis. Now, after years of research, experts at The University of Nottingham have finally discovered how the deadly meningococcal bacteria ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Infants' pain response to immunization varies based on which vaccine is first

Infants who receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) following the combination vaccine for diphtheria, polio, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DPTaP-Hib vaccine) appear to experience less pain ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0