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CDC data says this year’s Influenza vaccines perform at a disappointing low of 23% effectiveness

Jan 15, 2015

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had December warned that this year’s flu vaccine wouldn’t work so well because it was not engineered to eliminate the mutated strain that’s been spreading...

CDC warns that virus mutations have made flu vaccines less effective

Charles Omedo

Dec 5, 2014

Health

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning that more deaths and hospitalizations could result from the ineffectiveness of current flu vaccines to destroy new mutations of the flu vi...

Measles in Seattle: Health officials warn of possible exposure of public at Sea-Tac

Christian Bloss

Sep 15, 2014

Health

Washington state health officials have warned people who have been to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport this month. According to the officials, passengers who have visited the airport this month could have b...

More kids need to get HPV vaccine, says CDC

Platonium

Jul 25, 2014

Health

Although the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination can prevent a number of cancers, including cervical cancer and cancer of the throat and mouth, not enough teens or preteens are receiving the vaccine, federal...

GSK applies for world’s first Malaria Vaccine for regulatory approval

Abby Smith

Jul 24, 2014

Health

Africa - The regulatory approval of world’s first vaccine against malaria in children has been applied by GlaxoSmithKline (NASDAQ:GSK) on Thursday. This will be evaluated by European Medicine Agency (EMA) in as...

Vaccines have low-risk of harming children

Platonium

Jul 1, 2014

Health

There are almost no risks to providing children with vaccinations. A review of over 20,000 studies has come to this conclusion, perhaps finally putting to rest the worries about giving children vaccinations. ...

New Vaccine will immune Mankind from Malaria

Ally Stackhouse

May 24, 2014

Health

According to a report, mankind is finally close to develop a vaccine for malaria, the scourge of the 21st century. American scientists are close to perfecting a vaccine for malaria after research on children in...

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