News articles tagged with 'vaccination' (Page 15)
Dry season brings on measles in sub-Saharan Africa
— 6 Feb 2008 20:03 | HealthMeasles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season, according to an international…
New hospital standards needed for paediatric flu vaccines
— 4 Feb 2008 09:57 | HealthA new study published in the February 2008 issue of Paediatrics finds that many children hospitalised for influenza have had a recent, previous hospitalisation that would have provided…
Prostate cancer: Watchful wait or vaccinate?
— 3 Feb 2008 11:37 | HealthResearchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined…
Many kids unprotected against flu, poll finds
— 22 Jan 2008 10:24 | HealthFlu season is here. Are you, your children and your grandchildren vaccinated? According to a report recently released by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National…
Cell death suppression increases efficacy of M2 vaccines
— 17 Jan 2008 01:32 | HealthSignificant public attention has recently been focused on the development of new anti-influenza (flu) vaccines that provide protection against a broad spectrum of viral strains. One…