Flu vaccination service included in English community pharmacy contract A national influenza vaccination service delivered through pharmacies in England has been agreed between the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the NHS.…
Genetics may play a role in efficacy of HIV vaccine Variation in individuals immune response genes could explain why the vaccine worked in some but not others.…
New HIV infections fall as UN aims to end epidemic by 2030 The world has achieved and exceeded the millennium development goal set by the United Nations in 2000 to halt and reverse the spread of HIV by 2015, says a new report.…
Engineered protein primes antibody response to HIV An experimental HIV-1 vaccine has demonstrated immunogenicity in mice, according to studies published concurrently in Cell and Science.…
Progress in Millennium Development Goals has led to dramatic health gains, says UN Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals over the past 15 years has saved millions of lives worldwide thanks in part to dramatic gains in health-related objectives, says a new UN report.…
Narcolepsy link to GSK’s influenza vaccine GlaxoSmithKline’s influenza A H1N1 vaccine (Pandemrix), used during the 2009 global pandemic, has been linked with narcolepsy, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.…
Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2015 audience choice winnersThe audience choice winners explain why their Pharmaceutical Care Awards project should be replicated.…
Blood borne virus project wins ‘most reproducible’ audience vote at Pharmaceutical Care Awards The audience choice award was presented to a community pharmacy project that focused on testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in the Isle of Wight.…
NHS England announces ‘huge investment’ for new hepatitis C treatments The NHS in England has agreed to increase the budget available to fund new treatments for chronic hepatitis C to £190m, a rise from the budget of approximately £40m made available in 2014.…
MERS-CoV health advice issued for Hajj pilgrims New health advice about the risks of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) for pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj has been published.…