August 13th 2025
A preventable crisis, measles, makes a dangerous comeback.
New Drugs, Vaccines Continue to Advance in the Global Fight Against MERS-CoV: Public Health Watch
May 23rd 2018The virus associated with the Middle East may or may not pose a threat to the United States, but researchers here are still working hard to find treatments and preventative vaccines.
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New Report Highlights the Need for Improved Enterovirus and Parechovirus Surveillance
May 16th 2018Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call for better surveillance of enteroviruses and parechoviruses following outbreaks of respiratory illness and hand, foot, and mouth disease.
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Meta-Analysis On the Utility of Nasal Swabs to Rule Out MRSA Pneumonia
April 12th 2018Many patients with pneumonia are empirically treated with anti-MRSA therapy, leaving antimicrobial stewardship programs faced with the challenge of identifying patients who truly warrant continuation of this therapy.
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Novavax Presents Data on Trials for Improved Flu Vaccine and Candidate for First RSV Vaccine
April 10th 2018Representatives from Novavax, Inc., an American-based biotechnology company, presented data at the recent World Vaccine Congress in Washington, DC, on their vaccines under development for the flu and RSV.
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FDA Says Cell-Based Flu Vaccine May Be 20% More Effective Than Egg-Based Vaccine
March 28th 2018With influenza B making a late-season rise, health officials are warning that B viruses may cause a second wave of flu this season, while the FDA is backing some alternatives to egg-based flu vaccines.
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