Vaccination

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will fund the development of a new anthrax vaccine and antitoxin.

Two doses of the HPV vaccine Cervarix may be just as effective as the recommended three-dose sequence, according to results of a clinical trial in Costa Rica.

Scientists stumbled upon a new tuberculosis vaccine with much higher immune response than BCG.

Despite reports of resistance to vaccination, a new CDC survey finds increased rates of coverage for almost all recommended vaccines between 2009 and 2010.

HPV vaccination rates continue to lag significantly behind rates for the other vaccines universally recommended for adolescents.

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) protects women against anal HPV infections that can lead to cancer, a new study finds.

Researchers have isolated 17 new antibodies able to neutralize a wide range of variants of HIV, potentially leading to a vaccine for the virus that causes AIDS.

A new study finds that the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccines performed very well, especially for older children and nonelderly adults.

A coalition announced yesterday the beginning of a Phase 2b trial of MVA85A, a new investigational vaccine for tuberculosis.

Scientists have discovered an antibody that is effective against several dozen different strains of influenza.

A group of French scientists have announced promising results of a vaccine for the debilitating hepatitis C virus.

The FDA has delayed ruling on whether to allow use of Pfizer's Prevnar 13 vaccine by adults 50 and older until January 2012.

A recently discovered antibody shows promise in fighting off a wide variety of flu viruses and could lead to the development of a universal flu vaccine.

The chickenpox vaccine, introduced in 1995, has succeeded in reducing deaths far beyond expectations, a new study reports.

The vaccine approved by the FDA for the upcoming flu season contains the same three virus strains as last year.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals' antismoking vaccine, NicVax, performed no better than a placebo in a Phase 3 clinical trial, the company announced yesterday.

Five years after the FDA approved Merck's shingles vaccine, few have been inoculated against the debilitating disease.

With the discovery of two antibodies that together can disable most flu viruses, the long quest for a universal flu vaccine may be drawing to a close.

As a growing number of parents resist vaccination of their children, some pediatricians are countering by refusing to accept the unvaccinated as patients.

Babies born to mothers who received a vaccine for the flu while pregnant are almost 50% less likely to be hospitalized for the flu.

The vaccine summit, held on June 13 in London, saw the Foundation and donors pledge over $4 billion to buy vaccines for more than 250 million children.

Researchers say there is the potential to develop twenty vaccines in the next decade, as well as improve existing vaccines.

Vaccines are one of the most important public health advances in the 20th century, yet fewer people are getting them.

As measles make a nationwide comeback, are parents who refuse to vaccinate their children contributing to the problem?

A new study reports the results of a national survey of primary care physicians who deliver vaccinations to children.

Study focused on ER visits or hospitalizations in children with inborn errors of metabolism.

Breastfeeding, hand washing, and rotavirus vaccination are some of the low-cost methods researchers say could prevent 5 million diarrheal deaths by 2015.

Watch as Barry Hainer, MD, of Medical University of South Carolina, breaks down the immunizations recommendations for children according to age group.

Stephen I. Pelton, MD, talks about the clinical and epidemiological factors affecting the prevention and management of meningococcal disease in adolescents.

In this video, Amy Pisani, MS, discusses an online tool that generates a customized vaccine schedule for children up to age six.