The HepB vaccine was first licensed for use in 1981, and the following year, the CDC recommended it for high-risk groups such as health care workers, gay men, and illicit injectable drug users. It also recommended a three-dose series of the vaccine for infants born to carrier mothers star...
The process of creating, testing and producing a vaccine in mass quantities can take many years from start to finish because the industry is highly regulated. Before scientists even begin to formulate a vaccine, researchers have to study the particularvirusor bacteria. Basically, they have to isol...
Each vaccine can cost somewhere between US$50-100 in the US, and upwards of GBP 50 per vaccine in the UK. Or if you’re traveling longer term, you could wait until you’re in a country like Thailand and pay half the price there. But whatever you do, make sure you have enough time...
In the 1960s, virology was still a young science, primarily dedicated to basic research. Its clinical relevance was limited. While scientists had been successful in propagating viruses of many major infections in cell cultures, these techniques were suboptimal for diagnosis of most viral diseases. I...
a vaccine. Success ushered in the triumphant era of mass vaccination. Now polio’s last hideouts amid the poorest of the poor in Asia and Africa are under relentless siege by, among others, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Eradication is just a matter of time, and...
Example: Mothers who have the Rh-negative factor seems to be an underlying factor with MANY (not all however), but with many Moms who have known vaccine reactions. I have the Rh-factor; I am 0 negative. I do have a very sensitive immune system, as does our son, who does NOT have ...
in a second step, many molecules of radioactively labeled AuAg antibodies. Non-bound antibodies just had to be thoroughly washed away, and the amount of radioactive iodine 125 on the solid phase (at the time, a plastic bead) was measured. Since radioactivity can be detected with very high...
Not only does a push for a chickenpox vaccine protect a child and his or her classmates, it can also protect grandparents who may not have had chickenpox. Protecting the elderly is also the idea behind another vaccination that many of us line up for each winter: the flu shot. Between 12...
Not only does a push for a chickenpox vaccine protect a child and his or her classmates, it can also protect grandparents who may not have had chickenpox. Protecting the elderly is also the idea behind another vaccination that many of us line up for each winter: the flu shot. Between 12...
Dan: As a journalist, I personally find it hard to believe that we're in a situation like this where so many parents like you, from all over the place, who had no reason to make stuff up, who are very smart and very informed and are trying to tell the truth here, that it butts...