New Kiwi research has demonstrated the potential of an oral vaccine for tuberculosis. In a study published this week in […]
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Claims that an influenza epidemic of swine flu proportions are set to overwhelm the country are overblown, according to virologists […]
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All UK children are to be given the flu vaccination after experts said it could save up to 2,000 lives […]
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The MeNZB vaccine developed to control New Zealand’s meningococcal B epidemic in 2004-5 has helped researchers to create another, more […]
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New Zealand’s immunisation program has drastically reduced the prevalence of many potentially life-threatening communicable diseases, but it wont rest on […]
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Why do some people staunchly maintain their beliefs in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary? Journalist Chris Mooney […]
Continue readingRadioLive: Janine Duckworth on the ‘pill’ for possums
RadioLive EnviroNews: Graeme Hill interviews Janine Duckworth, Landcare Research’s pest control specialist, on a new vaccine that might control the […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: NZ research targets lungs for hookworm immunity
Researchers at the Malaghan Institute (Wellington) have made a discovery which could hasten the development of a vaccine for hookworm. […]
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With flu cases on the increase nationally, authorities are warning that there are only a small number of vaccines left. […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Hospitals packed as flu hits
Elizabeth Binning writes in the New Zealand Herald about the spike in cold and flu cases in Auckland, despite what […]
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