Vaccination during ‘optimal window’ is the key to saving lives and money in next flu pandemic
Main Point: Early vaccination could reduce morbidity, mortality, and health care costs associated with pandemic flu, according to an article
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American College of Physicians, CECity, and Pfizer collaborate to increase adult immunization rates
Main Point: Public health initiative aims to increase unacceptably low adult vaccination rates. Study Further: The American College of Physicians
Read moreMass vaccination campaigns reduce the substantial burden of yellow fever in Africa
Main Points: Yellow fever, an acute viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is estimated to have been responsible for 78,000 deaths
Read moreMeasles outbreaks prompt concern about physician knowledge gaps
Main Point: Most postelimination measles cases have been due to outbreaks that can be linked imported disease. Published in: Annals
Read moreNew DNA vaccine that could help cancer patients / Related research suggestions
Main Point: Scientists have developed new DNA vaccine for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) that could prolong survival in cancer
Read more“Tattooing” and efficient delivery of the DNA vaccine in the body
Researchers have successfully designed a novel type of vaccine-delivery film that is thought to improve the efficiency of DNA vaccines.
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