[ad_1] From Rockland Health: Rockland County Executive Director Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Department of Health has planned flu vaccination clinics for the 2018-19 season. …
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[ad_1] An experimental cancer vaccine that strengthens the immune system's ability to fight cancer could be combined with other cancer treatments to fight aggressive tumors, scientists from Proceedings of the National Academy …
Read More »'Xi's thorough investigation orders that the vaccine scandal against China
[ad_1] A huge scandal involving hundreds of thousands of defective vaccines given to Chinese children shook the world of Chinese medicine in July, leading to multiple arrests. Chinese President Xi Jinping called …
Read More »Childhood vaccine rises in Hong Kong after scandal in China
[ad_1] Hong Kong clinics said they saw an increase in demand for children's vaccines on Tuesday after a security scandal in mainland China The crisis came from falsified production data from an …
Read More »Homeless shelter in Kentucky will require a vaccine against hepatitis A
[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A homeless shelter in Kentucky will begin demanding that clients be immunized against hepatitis A before staying. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Ginny Ramsey, co-founder of the …
Read More »Family who lost a 13-year-old son fights for West Nile virus vaccine
[ad_1] GIDDINGS, Texas (KXAN) – The first case of the year of the West Nile Virus of Austin was reported with two other cases – one in Dallas and one in Galveston. …
Read More »"It's not just a girls' problem": when an HPV vaccine is offered, doctors should focus on cancer prevention | Characteristics
[ad_1] LOCKPORT, Ill. – In the pediatric office of his children two years ago, Lockport's mother, Kelly DiFilippo, refused the HPV vaccine for her eldest daughter, and "no one looked up." For …
Read More »Samoa pulls the MMR vaccine after the death of two babies
[ad_1] Babies were transported Friday to Safotu Hospital in Savai, where they died a few minutes after receiving the MMR vaccine, reported Television New Zealand. "I asked for a full investigation into …
Read More »The HIV vaccine candidate triggers the desired immune responses in humans
[ad_1] More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working on the development of a preventative vaccine that could finally end the # An …
Read More »New HIV vaccine found safe, effective
[ad_1] Scientists have developed a new vaccine that can trigger an immune response against a wide variety of HIV strains, which could help prevent the deadly infection in the future. Researchers, including …
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