Vaccine Program Reduces Chickenpox Deaths
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Since the universal childhood varicella vaccination program was implemented in the United States in 1995, there has been a sharp decline in chickenpox-related deaths, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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NEW YORK  - Estimates show that vaccinating fewer than 50 children who are 5 years old or younger against the flu prevents one flu-related visit to the doctor's office or emergency room, according to a new report.
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GlaxoSmithKline's GSK.L experimental   vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer could cut   the number of cases and deaths from the illness by up to 76   percent, the drug company said on Monday.
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the U.S. health care system nearly $100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases of the itchy disease, a study found...
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WASHINGTON - A vaccine may work to protect women against a virus that causes most cervical cancer cases, US researchers say. So far the vaccine seemed to have protected women from precancerous changes for three years, said the team at Merck and Co.
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NEW YORK  - The recommendation by the  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1995 that all children  in the US be given the chickenpox vaccine seems to have paid  off handsomely, a study indicates.
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Help is on the way for Fredericksburg-area residents at risk of complications from the flu. The Rappahannock Area Health District expects to receive enough flu vaccine within the next month to inoculate about 2,000 people.
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A vaccine against virulent bacterial meningitis could save the lives of nearly 3,000 people over the next decade, at the cost of more than $1 million a life.
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The Department of Health is to consider vaccinating children in England against chickenpox.
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A vaccine that fights pneumonia and other diseases could save the lives of thousands of children each year in Latin America, but high costs have kept it from those who need it, a researcher told a congress of health professionals Thursday.
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They have reported promising results from a test vaccine that could slash the death toll. 30 per cent and more than halved the risk of getting severe malaria, which can be fatal.
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NEW YORK  - The recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1995 that all children in the US be given the chickenpox vaccine seems to have paid off handsomely, a study indicates.
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U.S. health officials on  Friday approved the first vaccine to prevent shingles, a  painful disease characterized by a blistering rash that affects  nearly 1 million, mostly older adults every year.
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The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors resume giving the full four doses of the vaccine, according to a report released Thursday.
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U.S. health regulators finalized guidelines on Thursday to speed development and production of vaccines against bird flu and seasonal strains of influenza.
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SEATTLE Oct. 3, 2004 - Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus that the military once had a vaccine program for but abandoned to save money.
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TORONTO - Governments that pay for children to be immunized against chicken pox may be saving themselves millions in the long run, a new study suggests.