Action 3 News Council Bluffs, IA Posted: Feb 10, 2011 8:45 PM MST You may have seen the commercials aimed at young women, that promote a vaccine to prevent HPV. The virus can lead to cervical cancer. Twenty-year-old Alexa Lancial, from Council Bluffs, got the shot at age 17, a decision she now regrets. “I woke up for […]
WHO urges investigation into link between flu shots, narcolepsy
By Liz Jones Hollis As 12 nations have reported suspected cases of narcolepsy linked to swine flu vaccination, World Health Organization scientists are saying more investigation is warranted. However, the health body has decided to keep its advice in favor of vaccination because it still believes the benefits outweigh a relatively small risk, spokeswoman Alison Brunier said, as quoted […]
Running backwards in polio eradication race
By Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: Three-year old Aamira Aamir, a resident of Tandu Allahyar District, was diagnosed with polio on Wednesday by the National Institute of Health (NIH). This is the first case of polio reported in 2011 from Sindh, and takes the total number of polio cases reported in 2011 to four, including two from Federally […]
Cross-Neutralization Potential of Native Human Papillomavirus N-Terminal L2 Epitopes
Michael J. Conway, Linda Cruz, Samina Alam, Neil David Christensen, Craig Meyers Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) capsids are composed of 72 pentamers of the major capsid protein L1, and an unknown number of L2 minor capsid proteins. An N-terminal “external loop” of L2 contains cross-neutralizing epitopes, and native HPV16 virions extracted from 20-day-old organotypic tissues […]
Don't Toss Stockpiled Avian Flu Vaccine
By Saint Louis University’s Center for Vaccine Development Vaccine that Doesn’t Match Today’s Bird Flu Can Be Valuable in Fighting a Potential Pandemic (HealthNewsDigest.com) – ST. LOUIS — A stockpiled vaccine designed to fight a strain of avian flu that circulated in 2004 can be combined with a vaccine that matches the current strain of […]
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