GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental vaccine to prevent the intensely painful condition known as shingles remained 90 percent effective in people over age…
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Campaign to eradicate polio requires courage in the face of extremist ideology and violence
On January 13th, 15 people were killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide-bomb attack outside a polio vaccination…
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5-year-old Las Vegas girl dies from flu despite receiving vaccination
A 5-year-old Las Vegas girl died Tuesday after coming down with a strain of the flu that she had been…
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Whooping cough outbreaks traced to change in vaccine
The recent outbreaks of whooping cough in the United States may be due, in part, to a change made two…
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California asks to use non-approved meningitis vaccine for college outbreak
Public health officials in California said on Thursday they had sought permission from the federal government to use a vaccine…
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Ebola vaccine trial suspended after side effects
Swiss researchers have suspended the testing of one of the leading Ebola vaccine candidates after some volunteers reported unexpected side…
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