Vaccines in the news

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DESPITE IOM REPORT, CONGRESSMAN WANTS RECALL OF MMR VACCINE, CITING

AUTISM RISK

The chair of the House Government Reform Committee today (April 26,

2001) blasted federal science and health officials for not recalling MMR

vaccine that he says may be causing autism, and for allowing some lots

of DTaP vaccine that contain thimerosal to be distributed.

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NEW GUIDELINES ON DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS ISSUED

With the incidence of meningococcal disease in the UK at a 50-year high,

and doctors facing a record number of lawsuits for misdiagnosing the

condition, the Meningitis Research Foundation yesterday issued new

guidance for GPs on diagnosing and treating meningitis and septicemia.

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PREGNANT WOMEN CAN PASS NEW CMV STRAINS TO FETUS

Pregnant women with preconceptual immunity to CMV are not protected

against infection with a new strain of the virus and may also transmit

it to their infants, according to results from a new study published in

the May 3rd issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

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SELF-REPLICATIVE RNA VACCINES PROTECT MICE FROM VIRAL DISEASES

Self-replicative RNA vaccines are capable of protecting mice against

influenza A virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and a tickborne

encephalitis virus, according to a report published in the May 1st issue

of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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RECOMBINANT YEAST VACCINES INDUCE PROTECTIVE CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

Whole recombinant yeast vaccines can activate dendritic cells and induce

protective cell-mediated immunity, according to a report published in

the May issue of Nature Medicine.

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SAFETY OF ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINE CORROBORATED

Acellular pertussis vaccine is less likely to cause seizures than whole

cell pertussis vaccine, according to a study of nearly a million

children aged 2 years or younger by the US CDC.

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VACCINATIONS GIVEN DURING ACTIVE BREASTFEEDING ARE BETTER TOLERATED

Infants who receive diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus immunization while

actively breastfeeding show fewer signs of discomfort than infants who

are not breastfeeding, say researchers from McGill University's Montreal

Children's Hospital Research Institute.

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