FDA approves combo vaccines that reduce needle jabs for kids
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A U.S. federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. (article 1)
As director of the microbiology and infectious diseases program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1976 to 1987, he advanced national and global disease prevention strategies as well as promotion of new and improved vaccine research. (article 3)
No longer simply inactive viruses, vaccines now include attenuated, live viruses, and researchers use new technologies to address drug-resistant, emerging and reemerging diseases. (article 3)
CHONBURI, Thailand Inside a ramshackle Buddhist temple here on the country's southeastern coast, curious villagers gathered last fall as part of the United States' biggest gamble yet on stopping the AIDS pandemic. (article 4)
For the past three years, such gatherings have been held all over Thailand, exhorting young adults to take part in the largest, most expensive, most resource-intensive AIDS vaccine trial ever. (article 4)
" The vaccine is indicated for the first four doses of the components in the vaccine at ages 2, 4 and 6 months, and a 15-18 months booster as a primary series the CDC said in a statement. (article 2)
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vaccines, diseases, Jordan, polio, tetanus |
Source articles
- FDA approves combo vaccines that reduce needle jabs for kids (cbc.ca, 06/27/2008, 233 words)
- ABC News: Govt. Group Urges New Vaccines for Kids (ABCNews, 06/26/2008, 341 words)
- William Jordan, 90; Focused on Vaccine Research (Washington Post, 06/27/2008, 441 words)
- AIDS Vaccine Testing Goes Overseas (Washington Post, 06/26/2008, 591 words)
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