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Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not

(AP) -- Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter - enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No evidence WHO in cahoots with vaccine makers: members

The World Health Organisation had problems handling the swine flu epidemic, but there was no evidence it tried to boost vaccine makers, the UN body's member countries agreed on Friday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revealed: 48-hour 'scramble' to discredit MMR concerns

A series of denials and a failure to formally investigate allegations of misconduct in Andrew Wakefield's MMR research meant the public was misled about the credibility of the paper for six years.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

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

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An HPV vaccine cheap enough for the developing world? Could be

Vaccine manufacturers in India and other developing countries may be able to produce a lower-cost HPV vaccine in spite of the complicated array of patent protections on the technology, say researchers at the Duke Institute ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US Supreme Court to consider vaccination lawsuit

The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the parents of a child who suffered serious health problems after being vaccinated can sue a pharmaceutical company for compensation.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

WHO: No swine flu vaccine available for months (Update)

(AP) -- Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, weeks later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. It will then ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

WHO meets on production of swine flu vaccine

(AP) -- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight the virus.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0