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Vaccines can bolster health security and provide economic boost, conference told
Countries can reap enormous economic benefits by developing modern national health security programmes, focusing on...
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New malaria vaccine found to be 75 per cent effective
A vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India is 75...
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White House weighs mass poultry vaccination amid bird flu outbreak
The Biden administration is considering the use of vaccines in poultry as one option to...
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From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer
Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer?Recent scientific...
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Vaccine misinformation spawns 'pure blood' movement
Vaccine skeptics blocking transfusions for life-saving surgeries, Facebook groups inciting violence against doctors and a...
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Covid-19 pill speeds recovery but does not reduce deaths, study finds
A pill for treating Covid-19 speeds up recovery but does not reduce hospitalisation or deaths...
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Early results for melanoma relapse vax promising
RIP to Mike Leach, a pioneering college football coach who died Monday evening following complications...
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CDC expands use of updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday signed off on the use...
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Record number of children miss measles vaccine: global report
A record high of nearly 40 million children around the world missed a measles vaccine...
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Naturally born babies 'respond better to vaccinations'
Babies have higher antibody levels after vital childhood vaccinations if they were "born naturally", compared...
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Bivalent vaccines for 18-49 age group to come later in 2022, as Singapore secures more supplies: Ong Ye Kung
Singapore plans to invite people aged between 18 and 49 to take their COVID-19 bivalent...
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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2bn to eradicate polio
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday pledged to invest $1.2 billion towards wiping...
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EU regulator recommends clearing Takeda's dengue vaccine
The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended the authorization of a dengue vaccine made by...
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New malaria vaccine results raise hopes of mass rollout
A booster dose of a new malaria vaccine maintains a high level of protection against...
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New York polio case stirs fear, vaccine push
When Brittany Strickland heard that the United States recorded its first polio case in almost...
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Study: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults
Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still...
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Covid: UK first country to approve dual-strain vaccine
The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both...
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Reckitt Benckiser, eyeing Pfizer OTC, carves out consumer health unit in reorganization
Reckitt Benckiser, rumored to be eyeing a bid for Pfizer’s OTC unit, is making some...
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EU regulator begins review of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine adapted to Covid variants
The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine adapted...
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4 reports of non-serious adverse events following rollout of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in Singapore
There have been four reports of non-serious adverse events in the two weeks following the...
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Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in one year
About 20 million lives around the world were saved thanks to Covid-19 vaccines in the...
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Monkeypox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic ready to meet demand
As the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, Danish company Bavarian Nordic has...
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Omicron less likely to cause long COVID: UK study
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants,...
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Biden administration orders millions of Covid-19 vaccines for children aged under 5
US President Joe Biden's administration has ordered millions of Covid-19 vaccines for children aged 5...
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Novavax Covid-19 vaccine backed by FDA committee
Another Covid-19 vaccine is likely to be approved for use in the US after an...