by Carrie Macmillan, Yale University Measles is so contagious that one infected person can spread the respiratory virus to 90 percent of people in the same room—and it can live in the air for two hours. Often, an infected person doesn’t even know they have measles for several weeks. Early symptoms include a fever, cough, runny nose, and red...
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Typhoid vaccine may protect against other infections
New research by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shows that vaccination with weakened strains of Salmonella may also protect against other infections. The researchers hope that the findings could impact vaccination strategy in the developing world, where infectious diseases are common and where broader protection could potentially save many lives. Typhoid fever is a bacterial bloodstream infection caused by Salmonella Typhi that is...
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Pneumococcal vaccine recs cause confusion among docs
(HealthDay)—While primary care physicians overwhelmingly recommend pneumococcal vaccines, there is a gap in their knowledge of how to implement related vaccine recommendations, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Laura P. Hurley, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, and colleagues conducted...
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Mouse study suggests vaccine strategy for immunocompromised patients
A study led by Som Nanjappa at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine identifies a cellular target that may improve efficacy in vaccines designed to protect immunocompromised individuals from potentially deadly opportunistic infections. The study, conducted in a mouse model and recently published in the Journal of Immunology, shows that a protein important...
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Vaccine, anti-PD1 drug show promise against incurable HPV-related cancers
A tumor-specific vaccine combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrank tumors in one third of patients with incurable cancer related to the human papilloma virus (HPV) in a phase II clinical trial led by investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and reported in JAMA Oncology. Electron micrograph of a negatively stained...
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Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Back On CDC Approved List
The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention has finally added the nasal version of the influenza vaccine in time for flu season. The updated 2018-2019 advisory published by the public health agency give recommendations on which flu shots should be administered to patients. This year, the nasal spray influenza vaccine has been added, giving doctors the freedom...
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A universal vaccine to protect people from most strains of flu may be a step closer to reality
A universal vaccine to protect people from most strains of flu may be a step closer to reality. Scientists say they have developed a vaccine which may only need to be given a few times over someone’s life, instead of a new one each year. Current vaccines, offered during flu seasons, can become outdated quickly...
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Can You Get Measles if You’ve Been Vaccinated? Here’s What to Know.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that people in 21 states and the District of Columbia have contracted measles. So far, 107 people have been affected during this recent outbreak — and this number will likely exceed last year’s number of 118 cases, according to USA Today. All this talk about measles might have you...
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The ghost of influenza past and the hunt for a universal vaccine
Your first bout of flu may determine how you fare during the next pandemic. That’s why scientists are trying to understand immunologic imprinting. Police in Seattle, Washington, wear masks to protect themselves during the 1918 flu pandemic that killed nearly 50 million people. Credit: National Archives/Time Life/Getty By the time she is about three years...
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Could vaccine for a common virus stop multiple sclerosis? Doctors think they have discovered the cause of disease
Multiple sclerosis is triggered when the immune system attacks the nerves It develops after two common infections which cause the body to attack itself Doctors think vaccine against one of the viruses may be key to future MS prevention A vaccine for avoiding multiple sclerosis has moved a step closer, as doctors believe they have...