Immune history with the flu influences a person’s response to the flu shot, according to a new study examining why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years. Vaccine design and production often take the blame for the flu vaccine’s low effectiveness. Sometimes the flu strains chosenContinue Reading
22 December 2017 – The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has crossed one million, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, urging greater efforts to tackle the outbreak and deal with the deteriorating health situation in the war-torn nation. “The epidemic is not yet overContinue Reading
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists report that a single dose of an experimental Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine completely protects cynomolgus macaques against the current EBOV outbreak strain, EBOV-Makona, when given at least seven days before exposure, and partially protects them if given three days prior. The live-attenuated vaccine, VSV-EBOV,Continue Reading
Many people who are skeptical about vaccinating their children can be convinced to do so, but only if the argument is presented in a certain way, a team of psychologists from UCLA and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported today. The research appears in the online early edition ofContinue Reading