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2018 flu season and influenza vaccine – Expert Q&A
PHARMAC has announced it will fund this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine that covers four strains of the flu. Following reports […]
Continue readingMumps outbreak advice: check vaccination status – In the News
A mumps outbreak in Auckland has hit 300 cases this year, more than the last 16 years combined, due in […]
Continue readingPromising steps toward gonorrhoea vaccine – In the News
Researchers at the University of Auckland have found a vaccine used to protect Kiwis against Meningococcal B also provides some protection […]
Continue readingAnti-cancer vaccines – In the News
New Zealand scientists are preparing to move to human clinical trials on a vaccine they hope will aid in the […]
Continue readingUPDATED: Single dose HPV vaccine – Expert reaction
New international research indicates that just one dose of the Cervarix HPV vaccine – currently unavailable in New Zealand – […]
Continue readingGSK Ebola vaccine won’t be ready until late 2015 – experts respond
The pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has said that its potential Ebola vaccine isn’t likely to be ready until late 2015. GSK is one […]
Continue readingAsthma vaccine patented by Kiwi scientists
Dominion Post reporter Nikki MacDonald interviews the Wellington scientists who have found, and patented, a new vaccine for asthma. The research – a […]
Continue readingResearch hints at oral TB vaccine
New Kiwi research has demonstrated the potential of an oral vaccine for tuberculosis. In a study published this week in […]
Continue readingFlu reaching ‘epidemic’ proportions? – Expert responds
Claims that an influenza epidemic of swine flu proportions are set to overwhelm the country are overblown, according to virologists […]
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