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Expert Commentary: Insight into this year’s flu vaccine and the elderly
February 22, 2013
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A report Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described how this year’s seasonal flu vaccine has only been nine percent effective in protecting people 65 and older against the strain of influenza currently in circulation. Wistar immunologist Scott Hensley, Ph.D., who studies influenza, offers some insight on the news from the CDC.
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Vaccine May Be the Knockout Jab Against Cervical Cancer
November 12, 2012
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Human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced cervical cancer is on the cusp of turning from one of the deadliest cancers affecting women worldwide into a triumph of public health initiatives.
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World Rabies Day
September 28, 2012
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Today, September 28, is World Rabies Day. According to the Centers for Disease Control, rabies causes 55,000 deaths annually around the world.
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Halting the Backward Slide toward Epidemic
July 26, 2012
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A decade ago, if someone told me that we might willingly sacrifice our collective immunity to pertussis—whooping cough—I would likely have considered that person to possess a dark view of humanity. Sadly, I would have been wrong to do so.
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