Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus proved to be over ninety percent effective in preventing their newborn children from being hospitalized with the flu, during their first six months of life, concluded Yale School of Medicine researchers, after a three-year study.The research was led by first auth... |
15 December 2010
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Vaccination against influenza is very important, especially for pregnant women and researchers from Saint Louis University are recruiting them to test their immune response as well as the ability of the vaccine to protect newborn infants.This clinical trial has been launched by the National Institutes of Health as a ... |
19 October 2010
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A new approach currently undergoing study could finally allow experts to create universal flu vaccines, which means that people may take a vaccine against the pathogen once, and then not worry about getting sick for years. At this point, people who want to stay protected need to take a dose of flu vaccines every year... |
19 October 2010
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A recent study, conducted by Joseph Emmerich, M.D., PhD, at the University Paris Descartes, showed that people who had been vaccinated against influenza exhibited 26 percent less chances of developing blood clots (venous thrombotic embolism – VTE), as opposed to the control group. All participants to the test w... |
10 November 2008
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Scientists managed to turn the deadly bird flu virus on itself, by creating a new vaccine, which can be used to prevent a flu pandemic from spreading in humans, pets and even wild birds. A means of delivering the new drug to birds inside their eggs has also been devised, which means that they can now be controlled an... |
20 October 2008
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