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New Global Coalition Aims to Stop Future Epidemics with New Vaccines
On January 19, a new coalition aiming to drive vaccine innovation will launch at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. Dubbed the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the new effort aims to fight the global problem of infectious diseases.
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Vietnam Gets Ready to Self-Finance Vaccine Program
Financial support from international partners will be cut back now that the country has achieved the middle-income status.
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Viewpoint: A Zika Vaccine, But for Whom?
The race for a Zika vaccine, one of the most pressing priorities in global health, is at full throttle. More than a dozen companies and government institutions are working to unlock the secrets of the virus, and a vaccine could be available as early as 2018.
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The year in review: Insights into the good, the bad and the ugly
This year ends in uncertain times, for the world’s political order, the fate of a damaged planet, the seemingly boundless human suffering experienced by civilians and health care staff in war zones, and the continuing failure of antibiotics that once gave medicine its “miracle” cures.
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What We Know – and Don’t Know – About Zika and Its Treatment
Researchers all over the world are working on a vaccine for Zika but it will probably be next year, and possibly much longer, before health officials can determine whether a vaccine works or not. Meanwhile, with pathogens and their vectors moving farther and faster than ever before, it’s just a matter of time before Zika reaches many more parts of the world.
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New Ebola Vaccine Trial Results Offer Hope
A new Ebola vaccine may be the first to successfully protect against one of the world’s most lethal pathogens, according to a trial involving over 11,000 participants in Guinea.
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GSK Opens Global Vaccine Center in Rockville, MD
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today will officially open its newest global vaccines R&D center in Rockville, MD, where the pharma giant will base 450 researchers and support staffers and spend $50 million over the next 2 years on technology and equipment.
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The key to fighting the next ‘Ebola’ outbreak is in your pocket
When a toddler called Emile Ouamouno, in the village of Meliandou in Guinea, died from Ebola in December 2013, it took three months for the rest of the world to know about it and a further six months to act. The result was an epidemic that killed 11,000 people across West Africa.
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