http://vaccinenewsdaily.com Vaccines Impact Lives Fri, 25 May 2012 22:17:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318927-experts-meet-on-latest-advancements-in-tb-research/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318927-experts-meet-on-latest-advancements-in-tb-research/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 16:57:12 +0000 Tina Redlup http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318927 TweetThe international “TB Vaccines for the World” conference was held this week, bringing together international experts on tuberculosis research for three days in Orlando, Florida. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one-in-three people on the earth, resulting in seven to eight million cases … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318927-experts-meet-on-latest-advancements-in-tb-research/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/318915-chan-appointed-t-second-term-as-who-director/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/318915-chan-appointed-t-second-term-as-who-director/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:47:56 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318915 TweetThe World Health Assembly, currently meeting in Geneva, appointed Dr. Margaret Chan for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organization. In her acceptance speech, Chan stressed that she would continue to improve the health of the world’s … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/318915-chan-appointed-t-second-term-as-who-director/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/european-union/318914-measles-outbreak-in-southern-ireland-grows/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/european-union/318914-measles-outbreak-in-southern-ireland-grows/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:05:55 +0000 Ted Purlain http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318914 TweetSeventeen new case of measles have been reported during the last six days in an outbreak in southern Ireland. The total number of confirmed cases in West Cork, Ireland, stands at 42. Public health officials are urging parents to make … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/european-union/318914-measles-outbreak-in-southern-ireland-grows/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/africa/318921-who-nigeria-and-other-african-countries-need-2-4b-to-stop-malaria/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/africa/318921-who-nigeria-and-other-african-countries-need-2-4b-to-stop-malaria/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:54:54 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318921 TweetThe World Health Organization released a report this week warning Nigeria and other African countries in which malaria is endemic will require approximately $2.4 billion to stop the disease from spreading. According to the report, which was presented at the … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/africa/318921-who-nigeria-and-other-african-countries-need-2-4b-to-stop-malaria/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318920-california-tb-patient-denied-release-from-jail/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318920-california-tb-patient-denied-release-from-jail/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:02:53 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318920 TweetSan Joaquin County Judge Brett Morgan denied a request for release from a California tuberculosis patient who was jailed and charged for allegedly refusing to take medication to keep his tuberculosis from spreading. Armando Rodriguez allegedly failed to take medication … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318920-california-tb-patient-denied-release-from-jail/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318908-lucigen-receives-grant-to-develop-influenza-screen/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318908-lucigen-receives-grant-to-develop-influenza-screen/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 11:41:32 +0000 Ted Purlain http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318908 TweetLucigen Corp. recently received a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a new type of influenza test. The NIH grant comes from the Small Business Innovation Research Project and will be used to design … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318908-lucigen-receives-grant-to-develop-influenza-screen/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/318909-dominican-republic-cholera-outbreak-hospitalizes-60/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/318909-dominican-republic-cholera-outbreak-hospitalizes-60/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 11:21:33 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318909 TweetA suspected outbreak of cholera in the Dominican Republic has lead to the hospitalization of at least 60 people. The Ministry of Public Health has taken emergency measures in the town of Santiago de los Caballeros in an attempt to … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/318909-dominican-republic-cholera-outbreak-hospitalizes-60/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/united-states/318902-babies-exposed-to-tb-in-calif-hospitals/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/united-states/318902-babies-exposed-to-tb-in-calif-hospitals/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 10:44:14 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318902 TweetOfficials in California’s Solano and Sacramento counties were urgently tracking down the parents of 35 babies on Tuesday to warn them that the infants were exposed to tuberculosis in two hospital neonatal intensive care units. California health officials hoped to … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/united-states/318902-babies-exposed-to-tb-in-calif-hospitals/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318901-anti-inflammatory-drugs-could-increase-severe-malaria-survival-rate/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318901-anti-inflammatory-drugs-could-increase-severe-malaria-survival-rate/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 10:06:13 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318901 TweetA new class of anti-inflammatory agents could improve survival in severe malaria cases by preventing the immune system from causing tissue and brain damage. Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute found that innate defense regulator peptides could increase … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/318901-anti-inflammatory-drugs-could-increase-severe-malaria-survival-rate/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318893-oxford-emergent-tuberculosis-consortium-presents-at-power-of-vaccines-event/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318893-oxford-emergent-tuberculosis-consortium-presents-at-power-of-vaccines-event/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 12:04:29 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=318893 TweetAdam Stoten, the deputy general manager of the Oxford Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium, recently made a presentation on the progress of new tuberculosis vaccine candidates at the Power of Vaccines symposium. Stoten said that while there has been major progress made … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/318893-oxford-emergent-tuberculosis-consortium-presents-at-power-of-vaccines-event/feed/ 0