14 APRIL 2016 In a massive undertaking aimed at stamping out polio once and for all – dubbed ‘the switch’ – a United Nations-backed eradication initiative will next week begin the largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a vaccine… Read More ›
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Vaccine switch in 150 countries could be final step in polio eradication fight
“We’re entering into uncharted territory. This has never been done before. But there’s no going back now.” KATE KELLAND LONDON — Reuters Published Friday, Apr. 15, 2016 10:16AM EDT In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams… Read More ›
Cold-adapted attenuated polio virus — towards a post-eradication vaccine
Public Release: 31-Mar-2016 PLOS With only 74 cases reported worldwide in 2015, poliomyelitis eradication is in sight. However, polio vaccines will be required for the foreseeable future to prevent re-emergence of the disease, and such vaccines need to be… Read More ›
Behavioral abnormalities in young female mice following administration of aluminum adjuvants and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) This article was withdrawn, due to claims “ that the methodology is seriously flawed, and the claims that the article makes are unjustified “. . A Clean PDF of the original study Here. . The Conclusion… Read More ›
Immune response to flu vaccine linked to recipients’ ethnic background
Public Release: 16-Feb-2016 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON — How well a flu shot protects you from the virus can depend on your ethnic background and other inherited factors, report Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists. The researchers, led by Wayne Marasco,… Read More ›
Pliable plant virus, a major cause of crop damage, yields its secrets after 75+ years
Public Release: 20-Aug-2015 Discovery vital to stop agricultural losses; virus also may be used to deliver vaccines in people University of Virginia Health System A hugely destructive plant virus so flexible that it has resisted efforts to describe its form… Read More ›
Can Vaccines change how you feel?
Can Vaccines change how you feel? A quick review of three separate clinical studies, that used vaccines to induce behavior changes in healthy subjects. The original intent was to use vaccines to mimic disease like conditions in individuals. Since the… Read More ›
Some vaccines support evolution of more-virulent viruses
Public Release: 27-Jul-2015 PLOS Scientific experiments with the herpes virus strain that causes Marek’s disease in poultry have confirmed, for the first time, the highly controversial theory that some types of vaccines allow for the evolution and survival of increasingly… Read More ›
Researchers develop aerosolized vaccine that protects primates against Ebola
Public Release: 13-Jul-2015 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston A collaborative team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the National Institutes of Health have developed an inhalable vaccine that protects primates against Ebola. The findings… Read More ›
Flu virus mutated to escape current vaccine design
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 Wistar scientists pinpoint mutations responsible for ineffective 2014-2015 flu vaccine A phenomenon known as ‘antigenic drift’ has caused mutations to accumulate and prevent antibodies from attaching themselves to the virus The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA–(June 25, 2015)–Viruses like… Read More ›