US Government Starts Test of SARS Vaccine
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The first US vaccine against SARS, which swept parts of Asia and around the world in 2003, is ready to be tested in human volunteers, government researchers said on Monday.
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Texas researchers will begin clinical trials of a candidate vaccine against the deadly toxin ricin, a biological agent that can only be tested in select labs.
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Aventis-Pasteur and Chiron Corp are due to start human testing of a vaccine against bird flu as early as this month, a World Health Organization official said on Saturday, to try to prevent a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
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Britain is to step up its efforts to combat the spread of bird flu by introducing strategic testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the environment agency has announced.
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Chinese researchers have developed a  SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials,  state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for prevention of  a virus that killed some 800 people since it emerged in 2002.
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China&#39;s SARS vaccine trials are expected to be completed by January as clinical experiments are going smoothly, state media reports.
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In an effort to expand the supply of flu vaccine available in the United States in the future, a clinical trial of an influenza vaccine widely used in Europe has begun recruiting participants at four sites nationwide.
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(CBS/AP) Scientists say mice immunized with an experimental SARS vaccine were protected against the deadly respiratory disease that killed nearly 800 people worldwide a year ago.
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The new test takes less than 12 hours, federal health officials said Monday.
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Chinese-developed AIDS vaccine won government approval to be tested by human bodies Thursday, according to the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of China.
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Hong Kong&#39;s 30 government departments and agencies and the Center for Health Protection CHP)ended here Friday a two-day drill to test their preparedness against an outbreak of an unknown communicable disease in Hong Kong.
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Trials of a vaccine developed to fight the respiratory disease SARS have started today in the US. The disease, first recognized in 2002, was responsible for more than 750 deaths around the world before being contained in 2003.
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Here&#39;s some hope for people who are at risk for Type 1 Diabetes: A vaccine to fight the disease is about to be tested on humans for the first time.
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Federal health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure
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THE government on Monday inaugurated a new health facility to combat communicable diseases, including severe acute respiratory synÂ­drome (SARS), which killed hundreds of people around Asia last year, the Department of Health said.
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US Department of Agriculture officials yesterday said an initial test for mad cow disease has yielded an &quot;inconclusive&quot; result in a cow targeted under the department&#39;s high-risk category, prompting
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TORONTO - The chief executive of Canada&#39;s pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturer says he believes the federal government will fund development and testing of a candidate vaccine for the avian flu strain known as H5N1.