Vaccine cancer link rejected
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S chief medical officer has moved to reassure people vaccinated against polio in the 1950s and &#39;60s they are not at increased risk of cancer.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that none of the flu vaccine quarantined by British officials is safe for use. An FDA spokeswoman says agency personnel have inspected and rejected all 46
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A vaccine that tries to fight a virus linked to cervical cancer was effective in reducing the risk of infections and pre-cancerous lesions in women.
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NEW YORK  - In mice carrying specimens of  human breast cancer, treatment with a genetically engineered  mini-antibody, or "diabody," laden with a radioactive isotope  significantly impeded the growth of the tumors, researchers  report.
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GlaxoSmithKline's  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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One of the world&#39;s largest manufactures of flu vaccine was banned from producing the vaccine yesterday, amid safety fears. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory
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It's one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year but scientists said on Friday that a new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer.
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NEW YORK  - An experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease, new research indicates.
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A proposed leukemia drug should not receive federal approval, government advisers recommended Wednesday.
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In barely nine months, the first cancer-specific vaccine to win federal approval has gone from licensing and the enthusiastic embrace of dozens of states to a widespread backlash against moves to mandate immunization for adolescent girls.
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The study is unlikely to end the increasingly charged debate about vaccine safety.
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Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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A new report found no evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or others cause autism and said further reasearch may not be worthwhile.
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There is no evidence to support a link between the controversial MMR jab and the development of autism in children, researchers said.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Nov. 7 -- Developers of a failed AIDS vaccine announced Wednesday that it appeared to be ineffective among some people with a preexisting immunity to a virus that causes colds and may have raised their vulnerability to AIDS.
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An experimental vaccine against one strain of the human papilloma virus blocked most infections by the virus and, more important, prevented development of a precursor of cervical cancer caused by the virus, researchers said Monday.
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Merck & Co has halted testing of its experimental HIV vaccine -- long considered one of the most promising vaccines in development -- after a monitoring board found it was ineffective, the company said on Friday.