Vaccines

3 pit bulls attack Riverside woman walking with daughter

2012-05-15 21:36:02

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Drug moves toward FDA approval for HIV prevention

2012-05-09 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved a step closer to becoming the first drug approved in the U.S. to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration said...

1 of 6 cancer deaths worldwide caused by preventable infections

2012-05-09 09:59:00

One in every six cancer deaths worldwide is caused by preventable infections, a total of 1.5 million deaths yearly that could be halted by widespread vaccination programs, researchers reported Wednesday. Since 1990, that number has grown by about half a...

Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school

2012-05-07 11:08:00

States that require vaccination for pertussis, meningitis and tetanus for admission to middle school have a higher vaccination rate than states that do not, but the rate is not nearly as high as one might expect from such a requirement, researchers...

The case against funding studies on alternative medical therapies

2012-05-01 15:34:00

As if Dr. Paul Offit hasn’t made enough enemies�already by insisting (correctly) that parents put their kids’ health at risk when they refuse to get them vaccinated, now the infectious disease expert appears to be picking a fight with those...

Hepatitis C a latent legacy of baby boomers' youth

2012-05-02 00:00:00

The number of baby boomers dying from a "silent epidemic" of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are planning a new nationwide push for widespread testing. Three in four of the estimated 3.2 million people who have...

Bird flu can spread in mammals, study finds

2012-05-03 00:00:00

In a long-awaited study that helped prompt a contentious debate over the wisdom of conducting research that has the potential to help as well as harm, scientists reported Wednesday that they had engineered a mutant strain of bird flu that can spread...

Immigration status rule for San Bernardino County eateries fails

2012-04-25 00:00:00

One San Bernardino County supervisor's plan to require restaurants to inform customers whether the establishment does immigration background checks on its employees was overwhelmingly rebuffed Tuesday by fellow supervisors. Supervisor Neil Derry, the...

Proposal to require restaurants to disclose immigration checks rebuffed

2012-04-24 21:35:53

Measles-control effort falls short due to problems in India, Africa

2012-04-24 10:23:00

World Health Organization officials had hoped to achieve a 90% reduction in measles deaths between 2000 and 2010, but fell short of their goal, achieving�just a 74% reduction, researchers said Tuesday. The number of deaths worldwide fell from 535,300 in...

San Diego researchers pursue potential cocaine overdose treatment

2012-04-19 13:24:00

Researchers at San Diego's Scripps Research Institute have developed what they say could be the first effective treatment for cocaine overdoses. Their technique, which uses synthetically produced antibodies to bind cocaine and remove it from circulation,...

Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114. Denmark was the world's fourth-...

Sky, a three-year old pit bull, looks out from behind bars at Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control where she is being held in quarantine. Sky was brought in after biting someone and her owners had no proof of rabies vaccinations. Officials there are watching for any signs of rabies.

2012-05-10 00:00:00

A pap smear reveals a group of HPV-infected koilocytes on the bottom right and two normal intermediate squamous cells at the top and left. Cervical, anal and penile tumors are caused primarily by a strain of the human papilloma virus, which is readily preventable by vaccination.

2012-05-09 10:41:59

Louisiana teenager Brittany Hill receives a vaccine booster shot.

2012-05-07 11:08:00