BCG Challenge Unlocks Insights into TB Vaccine Research
Saint Louis University
Scientists believe they can use one vaccine to study the modus operandi and efficacy of others
immunity
FDA Approves First Vaccine for Chikungunya Disease
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Ixchiq is a single-dose, attenuated vaccine, safe to be administered to individuals above 18 years
Gender-Neutral Vaccination Prevents Oncogenic HPV Most Effectively
Karolinska Institutet
Vaccinating boys and girls induces herd immunity that helps eradicate oncogenic HPV types more quickly
Live Vaccines Could Be Safe for Pediatric Transplant Recipients
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Recent trial findings suggest live vaccines could protect more immunocompromised children from infectious diseases
WHO Launches Comprehensive Web-Based TB Screening Tool
World Health Organization
ScreenTB is free for all to use and could help countries track and monitor TB’s spread
Can Phage-Based Diagnostics End the Global TB Rage?
Jane Theaker, MSc
Natural mechanisms of bacteriophages may help identify active TB early in those at risk
WHO Adds New Vaccine to the Malaria Prevention Arsenal
World Health Organization
The R21/Matrix-M vaccine proved to be safe, efficacious, cost-effective, and comparable to RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in clinical trials
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Safe and Immunogenic against Multiple Myeloma
American Association for Cancer Research
Vaccination given in combination with autologous stem cell transplant was associated with long-term disease control
HIV Vaccine Phase 1 Trial Begins in the US and South Africa
National Institutes of Health
Novel vaccine uses weakened cytomegalovirus as a vector to deliver and alert the immune system
Phase 1 Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate Begins
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nanoparticle vaccine targets six flu strains and may need to be taken less than once a year