Vaccines in the News
Vaccines in the News
Scientists Get Closer To Cancer Vaccine
June 20, 2011
Scientists have developed a technique that uses a library of DNA taken from organs in which tumors can form and harnesses the body's immune response to create a vaccine designed to treat cancer. [+] more
Meningitis Angels Launches National Dads Campaign
June 19, 2011
HOUSTON, June 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Father's Day is a special day for Angels Dads on Meningitis (ADOM). Angel dads from across the country came together in Denver, Colorado to launch a national campaign on meningitis awareness. [+] more
Safe havens for disease: Low vaccination rates in some Illinois schools raise risk of outbreaks, experts say
June 18, 2011
Clusters of children without their required vaccinations in about 200 Illinois schools are raising the chances of school-based outbreaks of serious preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough, a Tribune analysis of state data has found. [+] more
Measles is a global problem, meaning it's everyone's problem, researchers say
June 17, 2011
Measles isn’t on the radar screen of most Americans. Endemic transmission has not occurred in the United States since the late 1990s and in the entire Western Hemisphere since November 2002. You'd think that many health officials, especially in this country, would just relax. Not so. [+] more
