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MERS coronavirus vaccine tested as safe and effective in phase Ib clinical trial
The safety, immunogenicity and optimal dosing regimen of the MVA-MERS-S vaccine candidate have been investigated in a phase Ib study in healthy individuals who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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Child Health Day 2024: influenza vaccine protects children from infection and hospitalization
Spain’s influenza vaccination campaign for children aged 6-59 months during the 2023/24 season was effective in preventing acute respiratory infections and hospitalisation, as vaccination was recommended for this age group at the national level for the first time.
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$12 million grant to research how vaccines induce lasting immunity
Researchers have received a $12 million grant to study how vaccines trigger long-lasting immune responses. The work may inform the design of new, more protective vaccines for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
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Researchers home in on vaccine target in an ancient scourge
Researchers and doctors have collected one of the most extensive genomic surveys of the syphilis bacterium to date and correlated the genetic data with clinical information about the patients who provided the samples.
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Call for global gender-neutral HPV vaccination by 2030
A new global initiative is calling for a more ambitious, ethical and equitable approach that will see more boys and men gain access to cancer-preventing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and protect more people worldwide from HPV-related cancers.
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Scientists awarded $90m to prep for future pandemics from understudied viruses
Scientists are laying the groundwork to rapidly respond to potential future pandemics caused by viruses from five understudied families, developing strategies and tools to produce vaccines and antibody-based therapies.
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Long Reads
Helicobacter pylori, Cancer and AMR
I’ll begin this article with a question that we’ll return to. Do microorganisms exhibit intelligence? Whilst it might not be able to gauge intelligence in single-celled organisms, a certain intelligent behaviour can be perceived. They possess the simplest chemical signalling pathways, yet are sophisticated enough to evade potential harm.
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New immersive nanovaccine tackles Flavobacterium diseases in fish without injection
Researchers from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand have developed a nanovaccine to prevent bacterial gill diseases in freshwater fish species such as Tilapia and freshwater Asian sea bass.