It’s time for flu shots again, and health officials expect to avoid a repeat of the misery last winter, when…
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Blood from Ebola survivors could help spur new disease treatments
After successfully treating four Ebola patients last year, Emory University in Atlanta is now leading a government-funded project that will…
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New meningitis vaccines should only be used for outbreaks, panel recommends
A federal panel is recommending that two new meningitis vaccines only be used during outbreaks and not be given routinely…
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A clinical trial of Tekmira’s experimental drug TKM-Ebola-Guinea will start on Wednesday in Sierra Leone, Britain’s Wellcome Trust global health…
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Merck issues voluntary recall of 743,360 vials of Gardasil HPV vaccine
Merck is issuing a voluntary recall of one lot of Gardasil vaccines due to the risk that some vials of…
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Unvaccinated students may be asked to stay home amid Ohio mumps outbreak
Unvaccinated students in Ohio could be asked to stay home from school as the state recovers from an outbreak of…
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