Surge In Measles Cases Has English Health Experts Concerned
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Health officials are concerned about the surge in measles over the years since controversial research emerged, linking the vaccine for the illness to autism. Public Health England (PHE)...
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Studies show superiority of AE37 among peptide cancer vaccines WORCESTER, Mass. and TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (www.generex.com) (OTCBB: GNBT) today announced three presentations demonstrating the superiority of the AE37 breast cancer vaccine being developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. (www.antigenexpress.com). The presentations will be made at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...
The global market for infectious disease diagnostic, vaccine, and treatment products is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%. Much of the growth is being driven by emerging markets in the BRIC (i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries, while hepatitis products will continue to expand in areas such as India and China where infection rates are especially high. Wellesley, MA (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Infectious diseases have haunted humans throughout history,...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Although trends are pointing to a decrease in recent years, cocaine use is still a major problem in the US, with 1.5 million users in 2010 – according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). To combat this highly addictive illegal drug, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College are developing an “anti-cocaine vaccine” designed to keep the drug from creating the dopamine-induced high in the...
U.S. is top contributor to eradication campaign that is 99% complete WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Rotary International will recognize five members of Congress as Polio Eradication Champions for their efforts to eliminate polio. The event, which will take place at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., honors U.S. leaders who have played a key role in the fight to eradicate the disease. The 2013 honorees are Senator Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Senator...
NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lenny Kravitz--GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer and actor--has recorded a public service announcement urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths. Some 6.9 million child deaths every year are due preventable causes, of which as many as 1.5 million are from vaccine-preventable diseases. "I'm a parent, and the thought of anyone's child dying of something we can prevent is just...
NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To support the government's new health reform regulations and busy parents everywhere, collaborative e-health platform Fitango is releasing a new series of Preventative Actionplans dedicated to childhood vaccinations. The three-part plan covers vaccinations from infancy to young adulthood, with "Tracking Your Child's Vaccinations (0 - 2)" being followed by "Tracking Your Child's Vaccinations (4 - 6)" and "Tracking Your Child's Vaccinations (7 -...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stopped clinical trials of an HIV vaccine after an expert review panel found the drug is largely ineffective in stopping the contraction of HIV. The vaccine was intended to stimulate the immune system into preparing a defense against three sub-types of HIV. However, it instead showed a "non-statistically significant increase in HIV acquisition among volunteers in the investigational...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A vaccine created to treat a gut bacteria common in children with autism could also help control some symptoms of the neural development disorder, according to new research published in this month’s edition of the journal Vaccine. Researchers Brittany Pequegnat and Mario Monteiro of the University of Guelph in Ontario reportedly developed a carbohydrate-based vaccine against the bacteria Clostridium bolteae, which has been...
-- Pledges announced will enable over a billion children to be vaccinated ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease - both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases - simultaneously. Global leaders and individual philanthropists signaled their confidence in the plan by pledging...
Tribute is in honor of the efforts to eradicate polio in a targeted district in Moradabad, India Moradabad, India (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 The world's first Polio Chowk was unveiled in Moradabad, India in February, a visual reminder of the progress in the fight against polio in Moradabad and the world. Moradabad District outside Delhi has been called the epicenter of polio globally. PCI (Project Concern International) has been working as part of the Core Group Polio Project (CGPP)...
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Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease with a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family. It is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes and is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa, but not in Asia. Primates and a few kinds of mosquitoes are the only known hosts. The origin of the disease is most likely Africa. From there it was introduced to South America through the slave trade in the 16th century. There...
A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates inside the living cells of organisms. It is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Most are too small to be seen by anything but a microscope and they infect all organisms from animals to plants to bacteria. The first one discovered was the tobacco virus in 1898. Since then around 5,000 viruses have been described in detail although there are millions of different types. They are found in...
Foot-and-mouth disease, FMD, is sometimes fatal and is highly contagious for cloven-hoofed animals. Along with hooved animals hedgehogs and elephants are susceptible to the disease as well. Llama and alpaca can develop mild symptoms but are resistant to the disease and don't pass it to other species. Mice, rats, and chickens have been infected artificially in a lab but it is not believed they can contract the disease under natural conditions. Humans can spread the disease by carrying the...
