Claudia B Flisi Scientist Live 06/13/2010 Certain diseases – rabies, meningitis, cholera and yellow fever, for example – are natural-born killers. Even a prosaic cold-weather flu can be fatal. As many as half a million people die from influenza every year. So a decision to specialise in vaccines against such diseases makes good sense socially […]
Kareem Shaheen The National 06/10/2010 Researchers say they have for the first time completely mapped the genome of the Arabian camel, a milestone that some believe will help to develop more powerful vaccines for human beings. It marks the first sequencing of a mammal’s genome in the Middle East and the project’s advocates say the […]
The Temasek Review 06/13/2010 Combination vaccines such as Infranrix 5 in 1 and 6 in 1 are becoming more popular among Singaporeans. They are approved for use by the Ministry of Health and are available in both polyclinics and private GP clinics. Combination vaccines have been shown to be effective and have improved acceptability and […]
Latin American Tribune 06/13/2010 An Argentine scientist’s project to develop vaccines taken orally will receive funding from the foundation headed by Bill Gates, the Argentine government said Saturday. The research project is developing innovative vaccines taken orally and equipment to diagnose infectious diseases. The work, directed by Argentine scientist Juliana Cassataro of the Immunogenetics Laboratory […]
Dr. John Briffa The Epoch Times 06/12/2010 Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the planet was in the throes of an influenza pandemic. Dr. Margaret Chan, the director general of the WHO, delivered the notice. Her announcement triggered large-scale panic buying of flu vaccines and anti-viral drugs such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and […]
Cynthia Janak Renew America 06/12/2010 As I promised I am going to address the global concerns that were presented to the FDA and the question “My daughter is now sick after the HPV vaccination and has warts on her hands and feet. Is HPV really only an STD?” As we all know Gardasil is administered […]
James Gallagher Triangle Business Journal 06/11/2010 To save $15.8 million, the General Assembly is looking at eliminating the North Carolina Immunization Program and shift the cost of children’s vaccines to private insurers, raising concerns among health care advocates that children’s health will be imperiled. The program provides immunizations required for attending North Carolina public schools […]
Sam Lister The Times 06/11/2010 Of all the big visions for a healthier world set out at Cheltenham this week, none is arguably more pressing than that set out by Ok Pannenborg (above), who stepped down from his role as chief health adviser at the World Bank in March. Pannenborg’s public health theme was smoking, […]
Hal Hendricks The Tennessean.com 06/11/2010 Classrooms throughout Sumner County may be empty and quiet as we enter the midpoint of the summer break, but the staff at the Sumner County Health Department is preparing for the return of students only a few short weeks from now. The summer break is a great time to schedule […]
Baracuda Before It’s News 06/04/2010 Microsoft founder Bill Gates will join fellow elitists for the first time at the 2010 Bilderberg conference currently taking place in Sitges Spain, after he apparently attempted to pull a bait and switch by pretending to attend another event before being forced to admit to journalists that he will give […]
Malaghan Institute Scoop Independent News 06/10/2010 $4.5 million investment into development of cancer vaccine Treating cancer patients with a vaccine is one step closer to reality as a result of $4.5 million investment of Health Research Council of New Zealand funding in cancer research. Dr Ian Hermans, who heads the HRC-funded cancer vaccine research programme […]
Deepak Gidwani DNAIndia 06/11/2010 Hundreds of children in remote parts of east Uttar Pradesh (UP) are sure to lose their lives to the killer Japanese encephalitis (JE) again, even as the state and central governments squabble and trade charges over the delay in preventive vaccination and the expiry of lakhs of vials which could have […]
ScienceCentric.com 06/09/2010 Scientists at the University of Kent and University College Cork have manipulated simple bacteria into constructing internal compartments where biofuels and vaccines can be produced. These micro-compartments eventually occupy almost 70 percent of the available space in a bacteria cell, enabling segregation of metabolic activities and, in the era of synthetic biology, representing […]
Cynthia Janak Renew America 06/09/2010 In my last article I mentioned that I was part of an international group of women and we had a “listening session” with the FDA and presented our findings, based on scientific, peer reviewed and FDA and CDC documents. The presentation was held on March 12th of 2010 and the […]
Daniel Purt VaccineNewsDaily.com 06/10/2010 A solar powered refrigerator has been developed by Appropriate Technology Collaborative that will allow vaccines to be cooled in parts of the world without electricity. The ATC refrigerator provides the necessary cooling without using any electricity and is designed to be built locally, which means that expensive technology does not need […]
