Efficacy was most striking for the more severe CIN 3
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Cervical cancer subtype increasing in several subpopulations of women

A new study reports that a type of cervical cancer that is less amenable to Pap testing is increasing in several subpopulations of women, pointing to the growing importance of...
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Previous HAV vaccination does not reliably protect some patients with HIV

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Study findings suggest that previous vaccination against hepatitis A virus infection does not reliably protect some people with HIV. Researchers found that more than half of...
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Mysterious E. coli outbreak spreads to five states; media barely covering it because there's no E. coli vaccine to push

18 hours ago | Natural News

As an E. coli outbreak ravages across state lines, the media has largely been silent. Reports on this plague of food-borne illness are few and far between, even though over 100...
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Strategies to achieve greater vaccination coverage throughout Europe

22 hours ago | News Medical

In the spirit of WHO, which regards this problem as one of the ten major healthcare problems in the world - the aim of all participants is to engage with parents, political...
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New York City Declares Health Emergency Over Measles Outbreak

1 day ago | Medindia Health

Battling a fast-growing measles outbreak, New York city health officials declare a public health emergency and ordered compulsory vaccinations under threat of fine in a...
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Researchers create new small molecules that may combat equine encephalitis viruses

1 day ago | News Medical

Viruses without a preventative vaccine or treatment option pose a looming threat. But for viruses in this category that have already been weaponized and are recognized as human...
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PCV10 vaccine against pneumonia sharply reduces incidence of serious pneumococcal disease

1 day ago | News Medical | 2 articles

A vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of childhood illness and mortality in the developing world, sharply reduced the incidence of serious pneumococcal...
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Population-Wide Benefits of HPV Immunization

1 day ago | Journal Watch

In Scotland, bivalent HPV vaccination prevented most cervical high-grade neoplasia in both immunized and unimmunized women.
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PCV10 Pneumococcal Vaccine Has Got Great Influence in Kenya

1 day ago | Medindia Health | 2 articles

A long-term study of a large Kenyan community shows that childhood pneumococcal vaccination can be highly effective in a tropical African setting.
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Japanese researchers link omega-3 intake to reduced muscle stiffness...

Supplementation of omega-3s EPA and DHA had a positive role in reducing muscle stiffness after exercise, according to new data published in the Journal of the International... Read more ...

Gene Therapy Restores Immunity for ‘Bubble Boys'

A team of scientists say they have treated 10 "Bubble Boy' babies born with the disease called X-linked combined severe immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1, using a combination of... Read more ...

Beloved mother dies of drug-resistant superbug days after her son's wedding...

Stephanie Spoor, who first fell ill in November, died on February 11 in Chicago, days after one of her sons Zack married his fiancee Carley at her bedside in hospital gowns... Read more ...

Sophie Turner Opens Up About Depression And Social Media Scrutiny

"I would cry and cry and cry over just getting changed and having to put on clothes,” the actress said. Read more ...

Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois tested electrical stimulation of the hippocampus on the brains of 16 64 to 80-year-olds and found it boosted their memories. Read more ...

Cystic fibrosis sufferer who had double lung transplant contracted a virus...

Rima Manomaitis, 29, from Pepperell, Massachusetts, received a double lung transplant in May 2017 to treat her cystic fibrosis, only to learn her donor had a dormant virus that... Read more ...

Chips Ahoy cookies recalled after furious customers found lumps of 'plastic'...

Mondelēz Global recalled 13-ounce packs of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies after customers found 'an unexpected solidified ingredient' and experienced choking and even dental injuries. Read more ...

Two hours or more of screen time makes children 'badly behaved'

Researchers at the University of Alberta studied more than 2,400 families to find more than two hours per day looking at screens as a toddler could lead to a seven times higher... Read more ...

Organ donor? Organs are cut out of patients' bodies even while they are...

If you're an organ donor, you might have chosen that status out of a sense of goodwill, thinking that medical personnel don't harvest your organs until after you're dead and... Read more ...

Recall: Some Chewy Chips Ahoy After Baking Mishap

Only 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy, which are sold nationwide, are part of the recall. Read more ...

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