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Forgot to get your shots? Get them on the fly
Chicago Tribune reporterWhile most preventive inoculations should be administered anywhere from four weeks to six months before travel, a handful of routine immunizations, like tetanus shots, can be taken care of in an unlikely but convenient location: at the airport....Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Planning, Preventative Medicine
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Going abroad? Get a shot in the arm
Special to the Chicago TribunePassport? Check. Plane tickets? Check. Immunizations? Uh-oh. "Most people are so absorbed in the passport and tickets and reservations at the hotel that they don't think about health," said physician Phyllis Kozarsky, a consultant for the U.S. Centers...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Policies, Preventative Medicine
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Indonesia seeks to shut Navy lab researching avian flu
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThreats to shut down a U.S. Navy medical research lab here may undermine the hunt for mutating viruses that could set off the next flu pandemic, Western scientists warn. Indonesia suspended negotiations with the United States over the fate of Naval...Tags: Animal Diseases, Diseases, Research, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations
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Federal panel OKs two combination vaccines
A federal advisory panel has endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel approved a four-in-one shot made by GlaxoSmithKline. It offers...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, GlaxoSmithKline
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Cuban researchers claim development of lung cancer vaccine
Cuba has approved what is believed to be the world's first registered lung cancer vaccine. Researchers at Cuba's Center of Molecular Immunology announced last week that the therapeutic vaccine CimVax EGF extends life with few side effects. The drug...Tags: Western Medicines, Diseases, Trials, Research, Preventative Medicine
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Clinical Trials To Start On Vaccine For Meningitis B
Bloomberg NewsA pharmaceutical company's biologist says he may have found a way to wipe out meningitis B, a disease that can kill children within 24 hours of infection. Fifteen years after Rino Rappuoli undertook his meningitis project, the Basel, Switzerland-based...Tags: Biology, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations
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Panel endorses new combo vaccines for children
ATLANTA - A federal advisory panel yesterday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of jabs young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel gave its nod to a four-in-one shot made by GlaxoSmithKline...Tags: Diseases, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, GlaxoSmithKline
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Emergency radio system gets field test
The Lake County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will compete in the 2008 Field Day for 24 hours beginning at 2 p.m. today at Lake Idamere Park, 12335 County Road 448 in Tavares. The objective of the nationwide competition is for local radio...Tags: Ceremonies, Radio Industry, Diseases, Healthcare Policies, Food Safety
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New vaccines reduce the ouches for kids
Associated PressATLANTA—A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel approved a four-in-one shot made by...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, GlaxoSmithKline
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Corrections and clarifications, Jun. 27, 2008
•A headline and story on Page 3 Thursday inaccurately described the rotavirus vaccine as a shot; it is an oral vaccine. •An information box on the cover of the At Play section Thursday misstated the hours of Taste of Chicago. The festival...Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Roman Catholic, Taste of Chicago, Preventative Medicine, Barack Obama
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