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Disneyland measles outbreak linked to low vaccination rates
The rapid spread of a measles outbreak from Disneyland in California to communities around the country suggests that vaccination rates…
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Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
LONDON – Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis…
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In pursuit of next-generation Ebola stockpile vaccines
As West Africa’s devastating Ebola outbreak begins to dwindle, scientists are looking beyond the endgame at the kind of next-generation…
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Boosting a naturally occurring protein may help the body to detect and fend off certain viral infections on its own.…
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Novartis submits meningitis B vaccine for FDA approval
Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Tuesday it had submitted its meningitis B vaccine Bexsero for adolescents and young people to…
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ROME – Italy’s pharmaceutical watchdog AIFA suspended two batches of anti-flu vaccine FLUAD made by Switzerland’s Novartis on Thursday, saying…
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