An emergency vaccination trial was launched to combat a new epidemic of the deadly strain of the Sudan virus of the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the Uganda test had been established with “unprecedented speed” in what could serve as a model to manage future epidemics of disease. The rapid deployment … Read more
Like the feared cases norovirus In Canada and the United States, a glimmer of hope is on the horizon: researchers are making progress toward developing a vaccine against the stomach virus. American pharmaceutical company Moderna is developing an mRNA-based vaccine candidate against norovirus, designated mRNA-1403. This vaccine is designed to protect against multiple genotypes of … Read more
Scientists behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are developing a bubonic plague vaccine amid growing concerns about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of the Black Death. Plague has killed approximately 200 million people throughout history, causing three of the world’s seven known pandemics. Although the bacterial infection can currently be treated with antibiotics, none of the … Read more
Polioa highly contagious viral infection that can cause paralysis and deathhas been eradicated in Canada for decades thanks to widespread vaccination efforts. However, recent comments — including those from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his attorney — amplify claims questioning the safety of measles vaccines, mumps and … Read more
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus epidermidis (stained green) – NIAID credit: via Wikimedia Commons, License CC BY 2.0 Imagine a world where a vaccine is a cream you apply to your skin instead of a needle a health worker sticks into one of your muscles. Best of all, it’s cheap, completely painless, and … Read more
The World Health Organization authorized the first MPOX vaccine for children, a move that experts hope will help make vaccines more widely available to one of the hardest-hit populations during ongoing outbreaks of the disease in Congo and elsewhere in Africa. In a statement Tuesday evening, the United Nations health agency said it had approved … Read more
Study author, William Gillanders – credit, SWNS Breast cancer patients have found new hope after a new vaccine showed “promise” in treating an aggressive form of the disease. The findings come from a clinical trial involving U.S. patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an experimental drug designed to prevent tumors from recurring. The trial, … Read more