Vaccine Weekly

Influenza Vaccine - Splenectomized patients have normal response to influenza vaccine

MMR Vaccine - Economic analysis of two-dose MMR vaccination program in U.S. reported

MMR Vaccine - Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination recommended at 12 to 15 months of age

Measles Epidemiology - Epidemiology of measles in the United States from 1997-2001 reported

Measles Survival and Mortality - Acute measles mortality in the United States during 1987-2002 reported

Measles Survival and Mortality - Measles hospitalizations during 1985-2002 in U.S. reported

Measles Vaccine - Disparity in measles vaccine coverage in minority children eliminated

Measles Vaccine - Vaccination levels associated with lack of measles in preschoolers

Measles Vaccine - Vaccine-induced antibodies to measles persist 26 to 33 years

Measles Virus - Measles elimination in U.S. aids global measles elimination efforts

Medical Ethics - Ethics of vaccine research reviewed

Meningitis Vaccine - New Neisseria meningitidis candidate vaccine identified

Microencapsulation - Particle characteristics affect transcutaneous vaccine delivery

Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Nasopharyngeal carcinomas and Epstein-Barr virus reviewed

Ovarian Cancer - Generex prepares for trials in patients with Her-2/neu positive ovarian cancer

Patents - Company wins patents for genetically enhanced antigens for vaccine development

Personnel - Dr. Michael Fons tapped as executive director, corporate development

Pharmaceutical Drugs - FDA accuses maker of antiretroviral of misleading promotions

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal vaccine not cost-effective for all elderly adults

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal vaccine prevents pneumococcal disease but not pneumonia

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Responses to pneumococcal vaccine in IgA deficient patients studied

Polio Vaccine - Vaccine-derived poliovirus isolated from sewage in Estonia

Preventative Care - Percentage of vaccinated Hawaiian children is up

Prion Disease - Scrapie protein degraded by cysteine proteases in dendritic cells

Prion Disease - Tolerance to prion protein broken by prion protein peptides and ODN-CpG

Reproductive Health - Human antisperm antibody response in SCID mice is complex

Rotavirus - Simple method for storage of rotavirus RNA in stool samples developed

Salmonella -  Salmonella epitopes for CD8+-T-cell recognition identified

Skin Cancer - Multicenter melanoma vaccine study demonstrates promising results

Staphylococcal Vaccine - Opsonic antibodies target fibrinogen binding protein of Staphylococcus

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Aerosolized IFN-gamma helpful for drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Pantothenate auxotroph of M. tuberculosis protects guinea pigs

Vaccine Development - Climate for funding of vaccine research reviewed

Varicella Vaccine - Varicella vaccine stabilizer without animal-derived components developed

West Nile Vaccine - Dow, federal lab to collaborate on plant-based vaccine for horses