Varicella

News Scan for Jan 29, 2014

Study notes benefits of 2-dose varicella vaccination

Two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV) were more efficacious at preventing moderate to severe varicella infection (chickenpox) than one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine and markedly more effective against varicella of any severity, according to a study today in The Lancet.

Varicella vaccine study
Phage against B anthracis
Effects of terror agents on cells

News Scan for Oct 08, 2013

GSK reports malaria vaccine follow-up, eyes regulatory application

At a malaria conference in South Africa today, researchers reported more promising findings for a vaccine that is furthest along in development, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) officials said they now intend to submit a regulatory application for it to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2014, according to a company press release.

Malaria vaccine results look encouraging
Hepatitis C in NYC
Two-dose varicella vaccine benefits
H5N1 vaccine in ducks

News Scan for Jul 19, 2013

WHO reports increasing flu activity in South America, southern Africa

Influenza activity is up "considerably" in South America and southern Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, while other scattered regions are also seeing some increase.