A multi-year investment of $500 million USD by the Gates Foundation, GlaxoSmithKline and the U.S. government has yielded partial success in the search for a malaria vaccine. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal…
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Polio Breaks Out in Tajikistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting that 171 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, the most common sign of acute polio, have been reported in Tajikistan since January. It appears that all the current cases are…
Personal flu history or seasonal vaccine: shields against H1N1?
Although the CDC report of May 22, 2009 suggests there is no significant immunity to the novel H1N1 virus from the seasonal flu vaccine, scientists are still at a loss to explain why the H1N1…
H1N1 News: WHO Declares Pandemic, Sets No Travel Restrictions
The World Health Organization has declared the H1N1 outbreak a pandemic but has characterized it as “moderate in severity” and has not recommended any international travel restrictions. At a press conference this morning, WHO officials…
H1N1 (Swine Flu Virus) Vaccine – What are we waiting for?
The H1N1 virus is no longer front page news, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has not classified the current outbreak as a pandemic despite 40 countries collectively reporting over 10,000 cases, including 79 deaths. Most…



