http://vaccinenewsdaily.com Vaccines Impact Lives Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325049-study-demonstrates-vaccine-confers-long-lived-protection-against-pertussis/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325049-study-demonstrates-vaccine-confers-long-lived-protection-against-pertussis/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:17 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325049 TweetWhile many speculations have been made about the recent resurgence of pertussis in the U.S., a recent study in Thailand found that pertussis vaccines may offer lifelong protection against the disease. A team of University of Michigan-led researchers reviewed 30 … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325049-study-demonstrates-vaccine-confers-long-lived-protection-against-pertussis/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325045-who-director-general-chan-discusses-h7n9-novel-coronavirus/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325045-who-director-general-chan-discusses-h7n9-novel-coronavirus/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:38 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325045 TweetWorld health agencies must remain vigilant and work together to combat the H7N9 avian influenza virus and the novel coronavirus, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said on Monday. Chan made the statement during the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva. She … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325045-who-director-general-chan-discusses-h7n9-novel-coronavirus/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325041-new-computer-model-predicts-infectious-avian-influenza/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325041-new-computer-model-predicts-infectious-avian-influenza/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:54 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325041 TweetA new computer model may be able to tell scientists when certain avian influenza strains could transmit from birds to humans, according to a recent report in the International Journal Data Mining and Bioinformatics. Chuang Ma, a scientist with the … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325041-new-computer-model-predicts-infectious-avian-influenza/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325038-who-praises-region-of-pakistan-for-meeting-vaccination-goals/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325038-who-praises-region-of-pakistan-for-meeting-vaccination-goals/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:05:50 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325038 TweetThe World Health Organization and UNICEF recently praised the efforts of the Punjab Health Department in Pakistan for providing the measles vaccine to 95 percent of the targeted children in Lahore. The health department launched the seven-day campaign in the … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/world_health_organization/325038-who-praises-region-of-pakistan-for-meeting-vaccination-goals/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325033-new-malaria-detection-system-deemed-highly-effective/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325033-new-malaria-detection-system-deemed-highly-effective/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:17 +0000 Emma Rogers http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325033 TweetThe LAMP test for malaria was deemed highly sensitive and accurate in the United Kingdom according to a research study recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study conducted to research the LAMP test, which stands for loop-mediated … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325033-new-malaria-detection-system-deemed-highly-effective/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325020-success-seen-in-attempts-to-vaccinate-children-in-afghanistan/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325020-success-seen-in-attempts-to-vaccinate-children-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:19 +0000 Ryan Parrish http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325020 TweetUNICEF announced on May 7 that its efforts to vaccinate children in remote regions of Afghanistan are beginning to show signs of success. Akram, a 4-year old in Afghanistan, is an example of how UNICEF is reaching people and changing … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325020-success-seen-in-attempts-to-vaccinate-children-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325012-vaccines-could-save-more-than-23-million-lives-by-2020/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325012-vaccines-could-save-more-than-23-million-lives-by-2020/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:54 +0000 Paul Tinder http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325012 TweetLife-saving vaccines against diseases like rotavirus and hepatitis B could avert more than 23 million deaths by 2020, according to a study by the GAVI Alliance recently published in Vaccine. The new analysis predicts that between 2011 and 2020, vaccines … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/vaccine_development/325012-vaccines-could-save-more-than-23-million-lives-by-2020/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325009-studies-describe-new-highly-accurate-malaria-test/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325009-studies-describe-new-highly-accurate-malaria-test/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:20 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325009 TweetA new malaria test was found to detect malaria in a very low threshold in infected people in both clinical and remote settings, according to articles recently published in the Journal for Infectious Diseases. The test, which is called loop-mediated … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325009-studies-describe-new-highly-accurate-malaria-test/feed/ 0 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325026-study-pest-control-method-for-dengue-mosquitoes-96-percent-effective/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325026-study-pest-control-method-for-dengue-mosquitoes-96-percent-effective/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35:35 +0000 Jessica Limardo http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325026 TweetOxitec’s innovate approach to pest control was proven 96 percent effective against dengue mosquitoes in Mandacaru, Bahia State Brazil in a recent study by Moscamed. Scientists from Oxitec partnered with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo to carry out … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/325026-study-pest-control-method-for-dengue-mosquitoes-96-percent-effective/feed/ 1 http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/325017-sars-like-coronavirus-possibly-found-in-new-york/ http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/325017-sars-like-coronavirus-possibly-found-in-new-york/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:43 +0000 Daniel Kamin http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/?p=325017 TweetNurses at St. Luke’s hospital in New York claimed on Saturday that there are several cases of a new SARS-like virus in the hospital’s ICU. This is one of many new reports of the coronavirus.  Most notably, there has been … Read More »]]> http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/325017-sars-like-coronavirus-possibly-found-in-new-york/feed/ 1