News tagged with infant vaccine
Potential vaccine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV after birth to start trial
The Medical Research Council (MRC) together with researchers from Kenya, The Gambia, United States of America, Sweden, and Spain, has opened enrolment in two infant HIV vaccine trials, known collectively as PedVacc. These ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 03, 2010 |
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World-first vaccine candidate for newborns to help combat deadly rotavirus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million children worldwide each year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 21, 2010 |
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The Maximization of Vaccinations
(PhysOrg.com) -- How does vaccinating pregnant women against influenza affect their babies' health? That's what researcher Saad Omer wants to know.
Apr 30, 2010 |
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Vaccination key to preventing childhood pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers at the University of Warwick, and the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, have found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) appears to be the predominant virus detected among infants and children ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 25, 2010 |
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Reduced-dose schedule for pneumococcal vaccine in infants shows effectiveness
Infants who received two or three primary doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) both had a decreased rate of carrying pneumococcal microorganisms that can cause pneumonia and other infections, compared ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine
(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Tuesday sought U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a bacteria that causes pneumonia and other diseases.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system
The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Universal infant hepatitis B immunization recommended
All countries should offer universal infant immunization for hepatitis B, write Dr. Christopher Mackie from McMaster University and coauthors in a public health analysis in CMAJ.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2009 |
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