Vaccine Weekly articles from May 2001

Vaccine Weekly archives from May 2001

Demonstration of Cross-Reactive Epitopes Should Enhance Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - By identifying cross-reactive epitopes on the surface of erythrocytes parasitized by Plasmodium falciparum, researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of...

Intranasal Immunization Protects Mice From H. influenzae Ear Infection.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Mice immunized with an outer membrane protein of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) are better able to fight tympanic infection with the bacterial...

Immunization With GA733 Antigen Induces Immunity In Cancer Patients.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer show enhanced immune response after immunization with the GA733 antigen, Wistar Institute researchers report....

Immunized Hamsters Partially Protected From Parasite-Induced Sequelae.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Vaccinating hamsters with hookworm antigen partially protects them from anemia and weight loss, without actually reducing parasite burden. "Hookworms...

Vaccination With 14-3-3 Protein Reduces Parasite Burden.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Mice immunized with the free or fusion 14-3-3 protein of Schistosoma mansoni are partially protected from schistosomiasis, say researchers working in...

Vaccine Protects Immunocompromised Rats From Klebsiella, Pseudomonas Infection.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A detoxified J5 lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/group B meningococcal outer membrane protein complex vaccine induces significantly higher rates of survival in...

First Vaccine To Protect Children Proven Effective.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, have developed and tested the first vaccine capable of protecting...

Adjuvants Improve Potency Of Epidermal Powder Immunization.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Epidermal powder immunization (EPI) is an attractive delivery route for vaccination and has shown some success in mice immunized against influenza. Now...

Studies Cast Further Doubt On Precursor Virus To HIV Being Contained In Polio Vaccine.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New studies have cast more doubt on the idea that AIDS arose because an oral polio vaccine was contaminated with a precursor to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For years, there has been...

Breakthrough Reported In Combating The Growing Risk From E. coli Food Poisoning.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli appear to harpoon themselves into intestine lining cells in order to colonize large sections of the gut, scientists at Imperial College in London have...

Countries Debate Vaccination Policy.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As of the end of March 2001, many parts of Britain were closed to visitors. The tourist industry was losing millions every week. It was suggested the general election may be postponed. And over a...

DNA Vaccine Protects Mice Against Porphyromonas gingivalis.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A DNA vaccine based on arginine-specific cysteine proteinase RgpA promoted antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalis and protected mice from gingivitis....

Nursing Home Residents More Susceptible Than Community Residents.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is significantly more likely to affect nursing home residents than community residents of the same age, an epidemiological study...

Phase I Clinical Trial Of Plasmid DNA-Based Vaccine Is Enrolling Patients.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Phase I, placebo-controlled study to examine the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an experimental HIV vaccine consisting of plasmid DNA. The manufacturer of the experimental...

One More Visit Could Close Demographic Gaps In Infant Vaccination Efforts.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although America has made rapid strides toward achieving goals for infant immunization set by the Healthy People initiative, many African-American and poor infants have been left behind, according...

NewsRx.net Is Preferred Site for Cancer, Malaria, AIDS, Other Health Searches, Audience Measurement Shows.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx Network, Atlanta, Georgia, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, announced on April 17, 2001, the results of audience measurements based on its...

New Approach Needed To Prevent Hepatitis B In Patients.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Italy report that a triple course of hepatitis B vaccination is not effective in preventing infection in patients who have undergone liver transplantation for hepatitis-B-related...

Interferon Therapy Does Not Inhibit GMK Vaccine Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Giving high-dose interferon therapy with the GM2-KLH/QS-21 (GMK) vaccine does not inhibit immune response and appears to prolong relapse-free survival in...

Epidemic Spreading In Ethiopia.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethiopia faces a major meningitis epidemic unless international donors meet the current shortfall in vaccines, the United Nations country team for Ethiopia has warned. In a special alert...

Immunization Safety Net Needs Reinforcement.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health department clinics play a large role in caring for vulnerable children, but could stand to improve certain aspects of their service, suggest the results of a new survey. These clinics...

High-Potency Vaccine Enter Trials In Those Who Failed Hormone Therapy.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) announced April 17, 2001, that it has initiated the first in a series of clinical trials of a high potency version of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine following encouraging...

DNA Vaccine Protects Mice From Lung Infection.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A vaccine based on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane porin protein OprF produced OprF-specific antibodies in mice and protected them from P....

Electropermeabilization Enhances Response To Nucleic Acid Vaccination.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - When electropermeabilization (EP) is used with naked DNA vaccination in animals, transgene expression increases up to 83-fold compared to naked DNA...

Intrasplenic DNA Vaccine Yields Antibodies To Cell Surface Molecules.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - DNA vaccination directly to the spleen induces polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies (MAb) against cell surface molecules, say researchers working in...

Autistic Children No More Likely Than Others To See Doctors After MMR.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2001... 2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Adding to the ongoing debate over a purported link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and a diagnosis of autism, a study by researchers in...

Five Vaccine Formulations Safe, Immunogenic In Humans.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Five live, attenuated dengue vaccines are safe and well-tolerated in humans, report virologists with the U.S. army. N. Kanesa-Thasan and colleagues at...

New Antigen May Figure Into Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A Helicobacter pylori adhesin combined with cholera toxin conferred protection to more than 60% of mice infected with H. pylori and could be a component of...

Vaccine Effective Against Virulent Bacterial Strains In Rabbits, Macaques.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A licensed human anthrax vaccine (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed [AVA]) protects 80%-100% of rabbits and rhesus macaques from challenge with Bacillus anthracis,...

American Cancer Society Endorses Hepatitis B 'Catch-up' Immunization for Children.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) as the most significant risk factor for later development of liver cancer, the American Cancer Society has endorsed greater efforts to foster immunization...

CDR2 BV6S2/6S5 Peptide Vaccine Safe And Immunogenic.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Eight of 10 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) developed peptide-specific immune responses after being immunized with a T-cell receptor (TCR) V(beta)...

Reported Distributions Of S. pneumoniae Serotypes May Be Inaccurate.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Differences in diagnostic and reporting practices in America and Europe, rather than a difference in geographic epidemiology, may account for the variance...

Heat Shock Protein Enhances Suicidal DNA Vaccine Potency.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The addition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) to suicide gene vectors may boost vaccine effectiveness, say researchers working...

Imprisoned Youth At High Risk For Viral Hepatitis.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The estimated 106,000 adolescents and young adults in U.S. correctional facilities are at especially high risk for viral hepatitis, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

AIDSVAX Shows Continuing Safety Profile.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The independent organization that is overseeing the final-stage clinical trials VaxGen, Inc.'s preventive AIDSVAX vaccine indicated, once again, that the product appears safe and that the trials...

Hormones Improve Immune Response to HBV Vaccination in Aged Animals.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preclinical results with a Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (HEPH) investigational drug candidate, HE2200, an immune-regulating hormone, demonstrated that HE2200 and other immune-regulating...

Physicians Share Concerns About Vaccine Delivery By Outside Sources.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Physicians are willing to allow non-physician providers to immunize their patients outside the office but are concerned about record keeping and missed...

Mayo Clinic Reports Vaccine Responsiveness Varies After Liver Transplant.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Mayo Clinic researchers propose several factors may predict whether liver transplant patients will respond to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccinations. ...

Intranasal Vaccine Delivery Stimulates Potent Immune Response.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new intranasal influenza vaccine performs better than several other delivery systems and stimulates strong immune responses in pigs, report Chiron...

Parents Who Miss Work To Care For Sick Child Are More Accepting Of Flu Vaccine.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Parents who miss work to care for their sick children or those whose children miss school for respiratory illnesses tend to be more accepting of having...

Scientists Seek Cure For Vaccine- And Asbestos-Linked Mesothelioma.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For years, doctors were certain that an exceptionally lethal cancer of the lungs' lining was caused only by exposure to asbestos. But in 1994, a researcher at the U.S. National Institutes of...

Certain Antibodies More Critical Than Others In Defining Spirochete Loads.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies are much more effective than IgM antibodies in reducing the spirochetal load in primates infected with Borrelia...

Gene Discovered That Is Widely Expressed In Several Prevalent Cancers.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Dendreon Corporation (DNDN) reported in the May 2001 edition of Cancer Research their discovery of a gene widely expressed in a variety of prevalent cancers but not significantly...

Quality Of Immune Response To Dendritic Cell Vaccine Tied To Route Of Administration.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Immune response of prostate cancer patients receiving a dendritic cell (DC) vaccine varies depending on how the vaccine is delivered, pathologists report....

Baseline Epidemiology Data May Further Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Researchers in Australia have established baseline epidemiological patterns for rotavirus outbreaks that will allow future charting of new strains and...

Booster Offers Adequate Protection To Young Pregnant Women.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - In areas with good health care services, pregnant women are adequately protected from tetanus with a single booster of tetanus toxoid, say researchers...

Vaccine Elicits High Responses In Non-Responders.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, Plc (PJP) announced April 24, 2001, the first achievement of protective immunity by a DNA vaccine in volunteers who do not respond to current commercial hepatitis B...

Conjugate Vaccine Has 90% Efficacy In Young Children.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new conjugate of the capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi, Vi, bound to nontoxic recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (rEPA) offers 90%...

Measurement Of Antibody-Secreting Cells Can Predict Effectiveness Of E. coli Vaccine.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Circulating immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) can be a good indication of how well a vaccine against Escherichia coli will work, say...

Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Antigens Upregulate Immune Response In Children.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens increase CD40 ligand (CD40L) and T helper 2 (Th2) expression both in vitro and in children receiving the pneumococcal...

Agency Weighs In On MMR/Autism Debate With Disclaimer.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2001... 2001 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a non-profit organization in the U.S. representing families with vaccine injured children has endorsed some of the conclusions of the report released...

Globo H Vaccine Stimulates Tumor-Specific Immunoglobulin M Response.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A vaccine that includes the carbohydrate antigen globo H stimulates immune reactivity in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Globo H was a likely...

Yeast Stimulates Potent Dendritic Cell Response.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Recombinant yeast are able to stimulate cell-mediated immunity via dendritic cells and thus may prove to be useful vaccine adjuvants. "There is...

Potential New Therapy Could Lead To Novel Treatments Against Other Bacterial Infections.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by Harvard Medical School researchers, reported in the April 27, 2001, edition of Science, suggests a mutation in the anthrax toxin, which prevents poisoning, may lead to a double-pronged...

Therapeutic Vaccine Prolongs Survival Time For Patients With Metastatic Disease.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Demonstrating new success in cancer immunotherapy, researchers reported that they have increased the survival time of cancer patients using novel therapeutic vaccines. Data show, for the first...

HIV Epitopes Found In Persistently Seronegative Sex Workers Could Aid Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An ideal AIDS vaccine might be one that stimulates the cellular immune system so efficiently that, despite repeated exposure to HIV, an individual never shows signs of viremia or even seroconverts...

Cell Genesys Reports Antitumor Activity In Phase I/II GVAX Vaccine Trial.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) reported interim clinical data from its multicenter Phase I/II GVAX(R) lung cancer vaccine trial that demonstrate objective evidence of antitumor activity including a...

Cancer Vaccine May Help Patients With Metastasis To The Lungs.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A custom-made vaccine created from a patient's own cancer tumor cells appears effective in prolonging the survival of patients with malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of the skin cancer, that...

Adding KLH to Dendritic Cell Vaccines Boosts Anti-Tumor Activity.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Adding keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) to dendritic cell vaccines can make them work harder. That translates to potent immune effects and rejection of...

Diphtheria Antibodies Not Up To Par Prior To Fifth Vaccine Dose.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A large proportion of children who have received four doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) or diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis...

Canarypox-CMV pp65 Vaccine Stimulates Long-Lasting Immune Response.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A vaccine consisting of the major matrix phosphoprotein 65 (pp65) of cytomegalovirus (CMV) plus canarypox is able to stimulate pp65-specific antibody...

NIH Branch Announces Plan To Fight Malaria, HIV, and Tuberculosis.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The NIAID Global Health Research Plan for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis provides short-, mid-, and long-term objectives for battling these diseases by building on the Institute's strong...

Availability Of Pharmacist-Delivered Vaccination Influences Compliance.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Convenience counts, and that goes for preventive medical care as well as all-night grocery stores. People are more likely to get vaccinated against...

NewsRx Network Chosen As Source For 'Information Therapy'.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx Network, Atlanta, Georgia, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, now is a major source for "information therapy." NewsRx databases are derived...

DCs Loaded With Apoptotic Leukemia Cells Successfully Immunize Mice.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated in vitro with bone-marrow-derived leukemia cells can protect mice from leukemia, according to a report in Cancer Research....

Adjuvant Properties Of Cholera Toxin Elicit Mucosal Immunoglobulin A Responses.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Cholera toxin may one day find a niche as a useful vaccine adjuvant, particularly when mucosal immunoglobulin A (IgA) stimulation is required. ...

Peptide Vaccine Induces Immune Response In 80% Of Trial Patients.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) has published data on its investigational T-Cell Receptor (TCR) peptide vaccine for multiple sclerosis (MS) showing that it induced a specific response (stimulation...

Vaccine Proves Effective Against Streptococcus Strains In Native Americans.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two separate studies conducted by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researchers concluded that the new conjugated pneumococcal vaccine, which is sold under the brand name Prevnar, effectively...

Vaccination Campaign Reduces ED Visits For Pneumococcal Infection.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A massive vaccination program in the downtown Vancouver area appears to have reduced emergency department (ED) visits and admissions for pneumonia at a...

U.S. National Infant Immunization Week Targeted Children Who Lack Vaccinations.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 900,000 American children are not routinely immunized, the consequence of which may be a revival of nearly eradicated diseases, say University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at...

DNA Vaccine Offers Post-Exposure Protection In Mice.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Researchers with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have developed a DNA vaccine against rabies that offers post-exposure...

Parents And Physicians Report Increased Concerns About Some Vaccines.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the wake of recent publicity surrounding vaccine safety issues, parents and the physicians who treat their children are reporting more concern about some vaccines, and even refusing certain...

Pre-Licensure Testing Lacks Adequate Numbers To Predict Adverse Events.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Because serious adverse events attributed to vaccinations are so rare, huge numbers of people must be vaccinated before those risks become apparent. ...

Higher Chickenpox Vaccination Rates Decrease Disease Even In The Unvaccinated.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2001... 2001 MAY 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With more than 60% of children being vaccinated, the "vaccine has been administered to a high enough proportion of the children in the population that incidence of varicella disease has decreased...