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Jun 13, 2017

Jun 13, 2017
Oral polio vaccine

WHO reports 2 polio clusters in the DRC, new details in Syria

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Jun 13, 2017

The WHO says the 2 vaccine-derived clusters in the DRC involve 2 separate strains.

Mar 30, 2017

Mar 30, 2017
Vaccine cold storage

Freezing, shortages among global vaccine challenges

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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Mar 30, 2017

Vaccines are unavailable at least once a month, and 19% to 38% of shipments have temperature issues.

Mar 18, 2015

Mar 18, 2015
Community engagement in Guinea

Guinea's Ebola cases rise sharply, as cases ebb elsewhere

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Mar 18, 2015

Though patterns look promising in Sierra Leone and Liberia, cases spiked in Guinea.

Dec 03, 2014

Dec 03, 2014
Ebola wokers carrying stretcher

Ebola cases top 17,000; activity still intense in Sierra Leone

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Dec 03, 2014

Ebola cases have now reached 17,145, and deaths total 6,070.

Mar 24, 2014

Mar 24, 2014
TB chest x-ray

European group offers guidance for treating MDR, XDR-TB

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Mar 24, 2014

In addition, Boston researchers provide what they say is the first estimate of MDR-TB in kids.

Apr 18, 2013

Mar 29, 2013

Mar 29, 2013

Scientists seek ethics review of H5N1 gain-of-function research

Robert Roos
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Mar 29, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – A group of scientists acting under the aegis of a vaccine research advocacy organization has asked President Obama's bioethics committee to evaluate the ethics of experiments designed to increase the transmissibility of H5N1 avian influenza viruses.

Feb 28, 2013

Nov 09, 2012

Nov 09, 2012

Study shows modest benefits for malaria vaccine in infants

Lisa Schnirring
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Nov 09, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – The latest trial of the world's first malaria vaccine showed it was only modestly beneficial in African infants, a somewhat disappointing finding after an earlier part of the study showed that it halved cases in older babies.

Dec 16, 2011

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