The efficiency of vaccines aimed at destroying bacteria that cause meningitis has caused the incidence rates of this condition to drop sharply over the past decade, much to the relief of doctors and parents.Pediatricians, for example, were worried sick that a kid running a high fever was suffering from meningitis jus... |
26 May 2011
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A new breakthrough announced by scientists in Leicester and Dublin brings hope of an efficient vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis and septicemia.This research was a collaboration jointly led by Dr Aras Kadioglu from the University of Leicester and Dr Ed Lavelle from Trinity College Dublin, with Dr Edel McNeela of ... |
12 November 2010
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After centuries in which meningitis was free to wreak havoc among small children and the elderly, researchers from the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have finally managed to discover how the bacteria causing the disease move fr... |
19 August 2009
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautioned doctors yesterday, November 20th, to pay extra attention to children over the coming months, as supplies of the critical booster doses for the vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium are very low. Eradicated in the United States, the... |
21 November 2008
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A new health Pakistani initiative could provide several thousand infants with a chance to survive each year. Currently, 10 percent of all children aged under 5 die in the country, due to diseases that can be controlled through vaccination. The Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium is one of the most dangerous... |
3 November 2008
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