Prevenar 13 vaccine prevents pneumococcal disease in older adults Pfizer’s 13-valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine Prevenar 13 has demonstrated efficacy against pneumococcal disease in older adults.…
Mandatory vaccination will protect all citizens We cannot allow freedom of choice to endanger the lives of whole populations, so governments need to step up efforts to enforce vaccinations.…
Ebola vaccine based on 2014 virus strain is safe, trial shows Chinese researchers have developed a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vector-based Ebola vaccine shown to be safe and “robustly immunogenic” in a phase I study.…
UK to become first country to offer meningococcal B vaccine to babiesThe meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine is to be added to the UK’s national childhood immunisation programme, likely from September 2015.…
Nucleic acids made into furry nanoballs modulate immune system Short nucleic acids mounted on to nanoparticles could prove to be novel immunomodulators, according to research published in PNAS.…