LEIPZIG, Germany, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- German scientists say they are developing a DNA-based West Nile virus vaccine that can also be effective after onset of the disease.
Suspending live virus vaccines in layers of sugar could prove an effective way of storing them without refrigeration.
Girls as young as 11 in B.C. will now be offered a human papilloma virus vaccine for free, Health Minister George Abbott announced Monday.
... immune response levels comparable to a live virus vaccine, which could also help suffers of other disease such as dengue ... approaches, such as attenuated live virus vaccines. “Live virus vaccines are usually more potent though ...
... are either "live-attenuated virus" vaccines, which contain weakened but still genetically intact versions of the target virus, or "inactivated-virus" vaccines, which contain viruses that have been chemically neutralized. In each case ...
WARSAW, Poland, July 3 (UPI) -- Twenty-one homeless individuals in Poland have died after being given an unproven bird-flu virus vaccine, authorities have charged.
... in understanding how the deadly virus works, and may be useful in the development of potential Ebola virus vaccines, or treatments for those infected ... . The structure also provides a guide for the design of drugs and vaccines to block this protein, potentially preventing disease ...
Tadataka Yamada, Alice Dautry and Mark Walport want to see better coordination and financing for a global H5N1 virus vaccine stockpile.
BETHESDA, Md., July 17 (UPI) -- Officials canceled a U.S. human trial of a human immunodeficiency virus vaccine Thursday, saying it likely wouldn't be effective and might increase infection.
... . In the study researchers developed a tetravalent dengue virus vaccine by combining genes and proteins from all four ... , K. Porter. 2008. A tetravalent dengue virus vaccine based on a complex adenovirus vector ...
... safety and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine Gardasil as a preventive cervical cancer treatment for girls are questioned ... inoculated with one shot of Gardasil, the human papilloma virus vaccine that may prevent cervical cancer. But now ...
... , which makes Fluzone® Influenza Virus Vaccine, a licensed flu vaccine used widely in the United States ... more vulnerable to infection but also reducing their ability to respond to vaccination. While some studies have questioned the effectiveness of the flu ...
GEELONG, Australia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Hendra virus vaccine is being tested on cats but it will be at least five years before its suitability for humans is determined, Australian researchers say.
BOSTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of scientists says it's demonstrated for the first time the effectiveness of a T-cell-based human immunodeficiency virus vaccine in monkeys.
... or smallpox were included. Although the vaccinia virus vaccine was used since the late 18th century, routine ... higher levels of antibody and virus neutralizing activity than single vaccination. Writing in the article, Dan ...
