Tuberculosis vaccine candidate outperforms BCG in animal study Researchers gave animals a modified version of the tuberculosis bacterium, which helped them fight off infection from disease-causing TB.…
Synthetic biology: microbes made to manufacture drugs From flu vaccines to a mission to Mars, scientists are engineering biological systems to meet the medical needs of the 21st century.…
It may be imperfect, but the flu vaccine saves livesI spend my time infecting volunteers with influenza virus to better understand how vaccines and antivirals work. How well the flu vaccine works can vary from season to season and is dependent on the similarity or “match” between the circulating flu viruses and the strains in the flu vacc…
Vaccination effective at preventing hospitalisation for influenza-associated pneumonia The risk of being admitted to hospital for community-acquired, influenza-associated pneumonia is lowered in people vaccinated against flu, shows US research.…
Infection may increase risk of stroke in children Colds, flu and other minor infections may temporarily raise the risk of stroke in children, while routine childhood vaccinations may reduce the risk, according to research published in Neurology.…
Specification for national flu vaccination service published Further details about how community pharmacists are expected to deliver a national influenza vaccination service in England have been published.…
Survey finds 80% of customers would allow pharmacists to access their GP record Customers using a pharmacy vaccination service are happy for the pharmacist to be allowed access to their GP records, suggests a survey of over 7,000 patients.…
Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough vaccine Public Health England is encouraging pregnant women to get immunised against whooping cough, an acute respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, to protect themselves and their babies.…
Universal flu vaccine works in animals A new vaccine that targets a part of the influenza virus common to many viral strains has been developed and found to be effective in animal studies…
Three paracetamol doses for babies receiving meningitis B vaccine, says PHE Babies receiving the meningitis B vaccine (Bexsero) should be given three doses of infant paracetamol as a prophylactic measure against fever, according to advice from Public Health England.…