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18Sep/17

MIT develops tech that can pack several vaccine doses into one injection

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a drug delivery method that packs multiple doses in a single injection, and could soon make multi-shot vaccines a thing of the past. Continue reading →

01Dec/15

Television personality Ricki Lake joins forces with the U.N. and Facebook to help fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS

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Ricki Lake teams up with social media stars to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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31Jul/15

WHO: Ebola vaccine trials promising

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REUTERS/ MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HANDOUT/ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) – It may soon be possible to protect humans against the deadly Ebola virus.

A new vaccine being tested in Guinea has been 100-percent effective,
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01Apr/15

Experimental vaccine triggers the production of Ebola virus neutralizing antibodies

April 1, 2015Researchantibodies, Biological weapons, Biology, Claire-Anne Siegrist, Clinical medicine, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Geneva, Guinea, H5N1 clinical trials, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Influenza vaccine, Laurent Kaiser, Liberia, Marie-Paule Kieny, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Neutralizing antibody, Prevention, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tropical diseases, Vaccination, Vaccine, Vaccines, Virology, Virus, West Africa, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

Early tests of experimental vaccine triggers the production of Ebola virus neutralizing antibodies, researchers say.

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