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Tuesday, February 05, 2013 — No Region Specified

Aid for vaccines is subsidising Big Pharma, doctors claim

Source: The Guardian
Médecins sans Frontières is concerned that immunization schemes in poor countries are unsustainable, and often unsuitable for hot climates.
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, vaccinations
Thursday, January 31, 2013 — No Region Specified

A novel pathway for a mucosal TB vaccine

Source: UB News Center
A new pathway for improving vaccines against tuberculosis has been discovered by microbiologists at the University at Buffalo in collaboration with researchers at other universities, according to a paper in the journal Mucosal Immunology, published by the Nature group.
TAGS:health care, public health, research, tuberculosis, vaccinations
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 — No Region Specified

Micro-Needles Could Allow Painless DNA Vaccines

Source: Live Science
Patches covered in microscopic needles could tattoo vaccines into the skin to boost a patient’s defense against disease, researchers say.
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, vaccinations
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 — No Region Specified

Glaxo Starts India Venture to Develop Emerging Market Vaccines

Source: Bloomberg.com
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) agreed to form a joint venture in India to produce a six-in-one vaccine that will immunize children in developing countries against infectious diseases including polio.
TAGS:health care, multinational corporation, pharmaceutical industry, public health, vaccinations
Thursday, January 24, 2013 — No Region Specified

Billionaire Horse Breeder’s Polio Shot to Undercut Glaxo

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Indian billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the world’s biggest maker of vaccines, will slash the price of polio immunization and introduce shots for diarrhea and pneumonia, undercutting Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline.
TAGS:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, vaccinations
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 — No Region Specified

The dirty little secret for making better vaccines

Source: Futurity
A menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may mean better vaccines for diseases like flu, whooping cough, cholera, and HPV.
TAGS:health care, healthcare technology, public health, research, vaccinations
Thursday, January 17, 2013 — No Region Specified

'Game-Changing' Flu Vaccines Not Far Off

Source: Sci-Tech Today
Today's flu shots aren't perfect -- but a "universal" flu vaccine that works better and lasts longer may not be far off, health experts say.
TAGS:health care, research, vaccinations
Thursday, January 17, 2013 — South Asia

What Two Years Without Polio Mean for India

Source: India Real Time
On Jan. 13, 2011, doctors confirmed Rukhsaar Khatoon, a two year-old from the state of West Bengal, had polio. Since baby Rukhsaar was diagnosed, exactly two years ago, no cases of polio have been confirmed in India.
TAGS:health care, public health, vaccinations
Monday, January 14, 2013 — No Region Specified

UT Arlington receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant for research in global health

Source: Phys.org
A new research grant could lead to new ways to cool vaccines and medicine that must be shipped to remote parts of the world without ready access to electricity.
TAGS:academia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, rural healthcare delivery, vaccinations
Monday, January 07, 2013 — South Asia

Prices double as private vaccines flood market

Source: Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) seems to have slipped almost entirely into the grip of the private sector as the government's vaccine institutes that were reopened in February 2010 after being shut down two years ago are yet to contribute in any significant way. In the process, the cost of most vaccines has more than doubled since 2006-07.
TAGS:health care, vaccinations
Friday, January 04, 2013 — No Region Specified

T cell ‘atlas’ paves way for new vaccines

Source: Futurity
COLUMBIA U. (US) — The first-ever “atlas” of immune cells in the human body may lead to new vaccine strategies and immunotherapies.
TAGS:health care, vaccinations
Thursday, January 03, 2013 — South Asia

India's shift to inclusive innovation is 'a model to follow'

Source: SciDev.net
A leading Indian scientist and policymaker is calling on developing countries to adopt an "emerging paradigm" of affordable, less complex and inclusive innovation to promote development and cut poverty.
TAGS:Base of the Pyramid, health care, vaccinations
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 — South Asia

Measles outbreak kills hundreds in Pakistan

Source: Al Jazeera
An international health body says that the disease has killed more than 300 children in Pakistan's Sindh province.
TAGS:health care, rural healthcare delivery, vaccinations
Thursday, December 20, 2012 — No Region Specified

Silk stabilizer could eliminate need to refrigerate vaccines

Source: Vaccine News Daily
Researchers at Tufts University recently found that a new silk-based stabilizer could get rid of the need to refrigerate vaccines and antibiotics, potentially enhancing vaccine delivery and storage in developing nations.
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, vaccinations
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 — No Region Specified

Vaccine Rule Is Said to Hurt Health Efforts

Source: New York Times
A group of prominent doctors and public health experts warns in articles to be published Monday in the journal Pediatrics that banning thimerosal, a mercury compound used as a preservative in vaccines, would devastate public health efforts in developing countries.
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, vaccinations
Thursday, December 13, 2012 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Saving Tanzania’s Poorest Children

Source: Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) - Half asleep, Anuary lies exhausted on his bed in Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital. His mother, Mariam Saidi, sits on the edge of his mattress, staring blankly out of the window. Every now and then, she turns to wipe her 18-month-old son’s forehead.
TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, vaccinations

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