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The race for a Zika vaccine
The New Yorker
In the throes of an epidemic, researchers investigate how to inoculate against the disease.
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Rotavirus vaccine could save lives of almost 500,000 children a year
The Guardian
Positive outcome of trials in Niger fuels hope that vaccine can protect children in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond from infection that causes often fatal diarrhoea
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A heroin vaccine
Science Magazine
Drug addiction is a terrible public health problem, and a terrible personal problem for anyone facing it. Giving addicts a better chance to break the drug
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New cervical cancer vaccine may almost eliminate disease, research shows
ABC
Cervical cancer could be almost completely eliminated, research finds, thanks to a new vaccine that is being reviewed by Australia's pharmaceutical authority and could be in use as early as next year.
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Streptococcus vaccine 'could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide'
The Guardian
Experts call for more work to be done to develop a vaccine for infection commonly carried by pregnant women, which can cause stillbirth and death
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Peanut allergy vaccine shows promise
Research Gate
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We finally have an Ebola vaccine. And we’re using it in an outbreak
Vox
In a first, the experimental vaccine is being deployed in the DRC to try to stop an outbreak from spreading.
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Vaccination method that wiped out smallpox gets unleashed today on Ebola
Arstechnica
As Ebola outbreak flares, experimental vaccine gets trial by fire.
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Could a single vaccine prevent multiple diseases spread by mosquitoes?
ACSH
Mosquitoes transmit a wide variety of nasty microbes, from viruses like dengue, yellow fever and Zika, to parasites like malaria. The sheer number and diversity of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes makes vaccine development a challenge. But what if a vaccine could, instead, target the mosquito?
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Experimental vaccine may reduce post-stroke blood clot risk
Heart
Study Highlights: An experimental vaccine might one day protect ischemic stroke survivors from developing blood clots and subsequent strokes. The vaccine was found to be as safe and effective as one of the most widely used oral blood thinners currently used to reduce clotting risk.
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DNA vaccine reduces both toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s
University of South Westurn
 A DNA vaccine reduces both harmful proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, without the brain swelling caused by earlier antibody treatments.
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DNA vaccine reduces both toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer's
Eurekalert
A DNA vaccine tested in mice reduces accumulation of both types of toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to research that scientists say may pave the way to a clinical trial.
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First universal flu vaccine to enter phase 3 trial
The Scientist
Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.
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Measles cases at highest for 20 years in Europe, as anti-vaccine movement grows
The Guardian
A climate of doubt about vaccine safety is putting lives at risk, experts warn
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Hysteresis: The phenomenon behind the anti-vax movement
Newsweek
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that vaccines are a safe and effective tool for the prevention of childhood diseases, a significant minority of the U.S. population remains skeptical of the
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How to inoculate against anti-vaxxers
New York Times
The no-vaccine crowd has persuaded a lot of people. But public health can prevail.
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A third of Canadians say science on vaccines isn't 'quite clear': poll
National Post
In Canada, one tenth of children are going unvaccinated, meaning 750,000 have no immunity whatsoever against diphtheria, whopping cough, tetanus and measles
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The Lancet Oncology: Rapid scale-up of HPV vaccine and screening could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer by 2050
Eurekalert
Cervical cancer could be eliminated as a public health problem in most countries by the end of the century by rapid expansion of existing interventions, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
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Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease
Eurekalert
Houston Methodist scientists discovered a previously unknown trigger that turns run-of-the-mill strep infections into the flesh-eating disease childbed fever, which strikes postpartum moms and newborns, often leaving victims without limbs. Using an unprecedented approach, they looked at the interplay between the genome, transcriptome and virulence. This generated a massive data set, lending itself
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Measles returned to Costa Rica after five years by French family who had not had vaccinations
The Independent
Arrival of highly contagious, potentially deadly disease in a country that had been free of it since 2014 is likely to increase fears about the threat posed by the anti-vaccination movement
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Anti-vaxx 'mobs': doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook
The Guardian
Medical experts who counter misinformation are weathering coordinated attacks. Now some are fighting back<br>
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Vaccination deniers gaining 'traction' on social media, health chief warns
CNN
Anti-vaccination "fake news" being spread on social media is fueling a rise in measles cases and a decline in vaccination uptake, the head of England's National Health Service (NHS) has warned.
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Italy bans unvaccinated children from school
BBC
Italy now requires children to prove they have been vaccinated before attending school.
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Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses
Eurekalert
Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections. Therefore, researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that is sufficiently effective. Now, University of Copenhagen physicists have delivered virologists a 'recipe' for improving vaccine drops using methods from the world of nanophysics.
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The Ebola vaccine is highly effective in Eastern Congo
CFR
An experimental vaccine developed by Merck & Co is proving to be 97.5 percent effective at preventing Ebola. The World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts is now permitting the use of the vaccine based on its Expanded Access/Compassionate protocol for experimental vaccines. The vaccine is already protecting some ninety thousand people in the eastern Congo, where there has b
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How the malaria vaccine could change world health
BBC
Nearly half the world’s population is at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. But a new vaccine may stop it in its tracks, saving millions of lives
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More researchers report promising Alzheimer's vaccine results in mice
USA Today
Researchers at the University of New Mexico say tests in mice have shown promising results for a vaccine that could prevent Alzheimer’s in humans.
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HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections
New Scientist
HPV vaccination programmes around the world have significantly cut rates of virus infection, precancerous lesions and genital warts
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A vaccine for Alzheimer's is on the verge of becoming a reality
Wired
For decades, research into Alzheimer's has made slow progress, but now a mother and daughter team think they have finally found a solution – a vaccine that could inoculate potential sufferers
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Anti-extremism software to be used to tackle vaccine disinformation
The Guardian
Redirection tool that confronts anti-vax theories under development by UKs Moonshot
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The anti-vax movement is effectively reversing decades of progress in disease prevention
Quartz
Vaccines are widely agreed to be one of the great achievements of the scientific age. Now that progress is under threat.
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Herpes vaccine to be tested in humans after best result yet in animals
New Scientist
Hopes for a genital herpes vaccine have been raised by a trial treatment that stops genital lesions and low-lying infections in guinea pigs and mice
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The world finally has an approved vaccine against Ebola
Arstechnica
The WHO wasted no time to "prequalify" the newly approved vaccine.
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Dual-layer nanoparticle vaccine lays foundation for universal flu shot
New Atlas
The flu virus mutates quickly and unpredictably, making it hard to develop effective vaccines. Now, researchers have created a drug that protects mice against six different strains of the flu, potentially paving the way for a universal flu vaccine.
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Tailor-made vaccines could almost halve rates of serious bacterial disease
Imperial College London
OPTIMISING VACCINES - New research has found that rates of disease caused by a common bacterium could be substantially reduced by changing our approach to vaccination.
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The 2016 California policy to eliminate nonmedical vaccine exemptions and changes in vaccine coverage: An empirical policy analysis
PLOS
In an empirical policy analysis, Nyathi and colleagues estimate changes in vaccine coverage associated with the 2016 California policy (Senate Bill 277) restricting non-medical exemptions for children’s school immunization requirements
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We might finally have a vaccine to protect us from the common cold
Futurism
Scientists took 50 types of rhinovirus and mixed them together into one vaccine.
Trials on animals showed that the method could be used to effectively fight the common cold, though human trials are some ways off.
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Testing begins on new vaccine that could be 'final nail in the coffin' for HIV
The Independent
Researchers excited by 'historic' drug trial that could lead to HIV prevention drug
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Western virologist hopes to test vaccine on 600 HIV-negative subjects next fall
University of Western Ontario
An HIV vaccine (SAV001) developed at Western University can now move on to Phase II human clinical trials. Plans are...
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Flu vaccine: NHS patients wanted to test 'universal' jab
BBC
The experimental vaccine should work against most flu types and offer years of protection, research says.
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They’ll have to rewrite the textbooks
UVA
Overturning decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.
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Joe Rogan | The first anti-vax movement w/ Lindsey Fitzharris
YouTube - JRE
Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1272 w/Lindsay Fitzharris:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT48whuAaCw
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More than 6K suspension orders to go out to Waterloo region students over vaccines
CBC
Region of Waterloo Public Health officials said a total of 6,129 suspension orders will go out, and parents will have until March 26 to provide proof of immunization or a valid exemption to avoid suspension.
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The side effects of vaccines - how high is the risk?
YouTube - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-vaccinesVaccines are one of our best tools to prevent dangerous diseases, but they come with side effects. So ...
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A vaccine against chronic inflammatory diseases
Inserm
Un vaccin modifiant la composition et la fonction du microbiote intestinal permet de protéger contre l’apparition des maladies inflammatoires chroniques.
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How Israeli company BiondVax is creating a universal flu vaccine
YouTube - i24NEWS English
Articles: https://www.i24news.tv/enLive: https://video.i24news.tv/page/live?clip=5a94117623eec6000c557fec Replay: https://video.i24news.tv/page/5ab2981123eec...
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136 people dead, 8,400 others sick in Philippines measles outbreak: Health secretary
Vancouver Sun
Infections spiked by more than 1,000 per cent in metropolitan Manila, the densely packed capital of more than 12 million people, in January compared to last…
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The future of work in social services
YouTube - IBM Services
Automation is changing the future of work in every industry. Learn how intelligent automation is creating more time for child welfare workers to spend with v...
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How fast can biotech come up with a vaccine for the latest outbreak?
STAT
The deadly outbreak of a novel coronavirus has sparked a race among biotech companies, each claiming its technology can quickly whip up a vaccine.