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US Bioethicists recommend more tests before child anthrax vaccine trials

(Nature) Bioethicists proposed limits today on the types of clinical trials of anthrax vaccine and other drugs and vaccines aimed at bioterror agents that can be conducted in children. The recommendation came in a report from the US President’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius Read More »

March 20, 2013
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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President’s Bioethics Commission releases report on pediatric medical countermeasure research

(EurekAlert) In a report released today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concluded that the federal government would have to take multiple steps before anthrax vaccine trials with children could be ethically considered. The Bioethics Commission was responding to a request from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius who last year Read More »

March 19, 2013
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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Soligenix Announces Significant Progress with ThermoVax Towards the Development of Heat Stable Vaccines

(PharmaLive) Soligenix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today key progress in the development of ThermoVax™, its proprietary vaccine thermostabilization technology. Several complementary preclinical studies have indicated the potential for high temperature stability for a minimum of six months and increased potency of subunit vaccines formulated with ThermoVax™. These studies have been conducted with Read More »

March 19, 2013
| Filed under North America and Countermeasures
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More parents say they won’t vaccinate daughters against HPV, researchers find

(EurekAlert) A rising percentage of parents say they won’t have their teen daughters vaccinated to protect against the human papilloma virus, even though physicians are increasingly recommending adolescent vaccinations, a study by Mayo Clinic and others shows. More than 2 in 5 parents surveyed believe the HPV vaccine is unnecessary, and a growing number worry Read More »

March 18, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Predicting hotspots for future flu outbreaks

(EurekAlert) This year’s unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues are creating new ways to predict where an outbreak could emerge. “Using surveillance of influenza cases in humans and birds, Read More »