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Urgent vaccines needed for hepatitis C, HIV, 15 more pathogens: WHO
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Urgent vaccines needed for hepatitis C, HIV, 15 more pathogens: WHO

India Today  

The World Health Organisation has identified 17 pathogens as top priorities for vaccine development. The findings in a study, published in eBioMedicine, specify how important vaccine research and development are for three diseases - malaria, HIV and tuberculosis - that claim 2.5 million lives every year. PATHOGENS IDENTIFIED IN THE WHO STUDY The pathogens on WHO's list fall into three …

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Recent breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination: Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Recent breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination: Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine

Hindustan Times  

In a recent development, Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Ltd in collaboration with Griffith University in Australia has made a significant breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination technology. Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine “This accomplishment signifies a major step forward in our battle against COVID-19. According to the press release, the innovative vaccine sports an attenuated formulation that uses advanced codon …

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How was the first vaccine for chikungunya approved?
1 year, 1 month ago

How was the first vaccine for chikungunya approved?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 9, the world’s first vaccine for chikungunya was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. It is a viral infection transmitted primarily by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and has been described as “an emerging global health threat.” The WHO fact sheet says Chikungunya is prevalent in Africa, Asia, …

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Waves of children with breathing problems in Dutch intensive care units
1 year, 1 month ago

Waves of children with breathing problems in Dutch intensive care units

NL Times  

Pediatric departments and intensive care units for children in Dutch hospitals are currently witnessing an unexpectedly high number of young children with serious respiratory problems due to the respiratory syncytial virus, NOS reported on Friday. According to the Dutch public health institute RIVM, RSV is the most common cold virus among young children, with almost all children contracting it in …

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Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine should be available for workers, advice says
1 year, 4 months ago

Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine should be available for workers, advice says

NL Times  

People who are regularly bitten by ticks during their work should be offered the vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis by their employer, the Health Council said in advice to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. TBE is an infectious disease caused by the TBE virus spread through tick bites. “People who are often in wooded areas, dunes, heathland, parks, and …

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World Hepatitis Day 2023: Hepatitis B vs Hepatitis C; which is more dangerous? Know symptoms and prevention tips
1 year, 4 months ago

World Hepatitis Day 2023: Hepatitis B vs Hepatitis C; which is more dangerous? Know symptoms and prevention tips

Hindustan Times  

Hepatitis, an inflammation of liver, can cause mild as well as severe symptoms depending on their type. Around 354 million people around the world live with Hepatitis B or C. World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on July 28, 2023 Hepatitis B, a viral infection can cause both acute and chronic liver disease. "Both Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C …

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A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines
1 year, 6 months ago

A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines

LA Times  

As U.S. public health officials brace for a possible resurgence of mpox ahead of the summer festival season, experts are warning that European and North American governments aren’t doing nearly enough to ensure that hard-hit African countries can also beat back the virus. After the mpox outbreak began last spring, wealthy countries rushed to the only maker of the Jynneos …

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China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know
1 year, 9 months ago

China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know

Live Mint  

China has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine that uses mRNA technology for the first time ever. MRNA vaccines are already widely available in most parts of the world, but China has previously only promoted domestic vaccines developed through traditional methods. “The Product is the first independently developed mRNA vaccine product in China that has been granted for emergency use,” wrote …

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The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is a concern — and a chance for progress
1 year, 10 months ago

The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is a concern — and a chance for progress

NPR  

The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is a concern — and a chance for progress Enlarge this image toggle caption Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images The World Health Organization convened an emergency meeting earlier this week, just a day after Equatorial Guinea, in West Africa, confirmed its first-ever outbreak …

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Should You Still Get The Flu Shot Even If You've Already Had The Flu?
1 year, 10 months ago

Should You Still Get The Flu Shot Even If You've Already Had The Flu?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the United States, an estimated 9 to 41 million people are infected each year with influenza, commonly known as the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “If you were infected with the flu earlier, you likely have one of the four influenza strains circulating this season,” said Dr. Marie-Louise Landry, a professor …

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Siddhartha Mukherjee: Cell biology is like a thousand flowers blooming
1 year, 11 months ago

Siddhartha Mukherjee: Cell biology is like a thousand flowers blooming

Live Mint  

Anti-science” is a word that came up a lot when Lounge facilitated a conversation between Indian-American cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee and biochemist and author Pranay Lal earlier this week. He has three books to his name—the Pulitzer-winning The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer, The Gene: An Intimate History and his latest, The Song Of The …

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Mpox has faded as a health crisis in the U.S. How did it happen?
1 year, 11 months ago

Mpox has faded as a health crisis in the U.S. How did it happen?

LA Times  

Less than six months ago, mpox was an exploding health crisis. “We’re in a remarkably different place,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious diseases expert. “It’s a mixed story” in which some things could have gone better but others went well, said Dr. Tom Frieden, a former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health …

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Covid XBB.1.5 or Omicron BF.7- which is more dangerous? Know the differences
1 year, 11 months ago

Covid XBB.1.5 or Omicron BF.7- which is more dangerous? Know the differences

India TV News  

The coronavirus outbreak continues to be a threat worldwide. Amid this outbreak, two Covid variants have been in the news majorly-- Omicron BF.7, which is prominent in countries like China, Japan, and Hongkong; and the other is Covid XBB.1.5 variant, which is being reported in the US and some parts of the UK. The variant BF.7 has an R346T mutation …

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BRS virus, BJP vax: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
2 years ago

BRS virus, BJP vax: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar described Bharat Rashtra Samithi as a virus, which spread and kills, whereas the BJP is a vaccine that not only prevents the virus but also protects people. “People must decide whether they want the virus or vaccine,” Sanjay remarked during the fifth phase of his Praja Sangram Yatra, which entered Karimnagar district in …

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India to launch first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer on Sept 1
2 years, 3 months ago

India to launch first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer on Sept 1

Hindustan Times  

The Department of Biotechnology in partnership with the Serum Institute of India is set to launch India’s first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine against cervical cancer on Thursday, the Centre said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the World Health Organisation, India accounts for about a fifth of the global burden for cervical cancer, witnessing about 1.23 lakh …

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Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened

Wired  

The discovery that polio has partially paralyzed a young man in a New York suburb feels wearying, yet shocking. “We have been saying that until we can get this fully eradicated, we are all at risk.” Public health experts consider this an emergency, because polio paralysis cases represent the tip of an immunological iceberg: For every person paralyzed, at least …

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British regulator 1st to OK Moderna’s updated COVID booster
2 years, 4 months ago

British regulator 1st to OK Moderna’s updated COVID booster

Associated Press  

LONDON — British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against the omicron variant, which the government said would be offered to people aged 50 and over starting in the fall. In a statement on Monday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had given …

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Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California
2 years, 4 months ago

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

LA Times  

In this July 18, 1962, photo, a girl in Atlanta swallows a lump of sugar coated with a dose of polio vaccine. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there’s discussion about tracking polio in wastewater, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. “If you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine,” …

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‘Entirely preventable’: Polio likely spreading in New York City
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Entirely preventable’: Polio likely spreading in New York City

Al Jazeera  

Public health officials announced that the polio virus has been detected in the city’s wastewater and urged vaccination. The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which had not been seen in the US in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the …

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NYC opens THREE mass vaccination centers for monkeypox
2 years, 4 months ago

NYC opens THREE mass vaccination centers for monkeypox

Daily Mail  

New York City unveiled three mass vaccination centers for monkeypox Friday with each able to dish out 1,400 doses a day — but appointments at each site ran out within an hour, signaling the high demand for the jabs. City health commissioner Dr Ashwin Vasan is pictured at the mass vaccination center in Brooklyn Each center can give out between …

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The mystery virus that protects against monkeypox
2 years, 4 months ago

The mystery virus that protects against monkeypox

BBC  

The mystery virus that protects against monkeypox Getty Images The vaccine being used to prevent monkeypox is made from a lost virus that no one has ever been able to identify. Instead, the vaccines that were used to eradicate smallpox, and those in use today against monkeypox, are based on an unknown virus that no one has been able to …

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'Complete hell': Texas man says monkeypox is '100 times worse' than Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

'Complete hell': Texas man says monkeypox is '100 times worse' than Covid

Daily Mail  

A man in Texas has warned monkeypox was 'complete hell' and '100 times worse than Covid' after catching it — as cases in the United States topped 2,000. Shannahan was administered a monkeypox vaccine after he was diagnosed, but still became bedridden for two days and felt so ill he feared for his life. Luke Shannahan, who lives in Dallas, …

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Anti-vaxxers seize on Justin Bieber's facial paralysis as "proof" of a COVID conspiracy
2 years, 6 months ago

Anti-vaxxers seize on Justin Bieber's facial paralysis as "proof" of a COVID conspiracy

Salon  

Last Friday, pop icon Justin Bieber revealed he has a rare neurological disorder that has paralyzed half of his face. "As you can probably see from my face, I have this syndrome called Ramsay Hunt syndrome," the singer told fans in a video posted to social media. "There is a nerve called the seventh cranial nerve that's involved with the …

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Living with covid does not mean ignoring it
2 years, 10 months ago

Living with covid does not mean ignoring it

Live Mint  

Boris Johnson followed Denmark on Monday in scrapping most Covid restrictions for England. The prime minister announced that from Thursday, the government will no longer require people to self-isolate if they’ve had a positive Covid test. But how “living with Covid” works in practice will depend on how responsibly individuals, employers and the government hold up their end of the …

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