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Children who survive a measles infection remain vulnerable to other potentially deadly infections for as long as two or three years after the measles infection

Immune System Stays Depleted Up to Three Years Post Measles

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Highlights importance of measles vaccine for preventing damaging infection
The tetanus toxoid

Waning Immunity Seen Post-Tdap Booster in Preteens

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Results help explain recent surge in cases, researchers say
An investigational serogroup B meningococcal vaccine seems to have protected vaccinated individuals from the disease during an outbreak

Investigational MenB Vaccine Can Protect Individuals in Outbreak

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No serogroup B meningococcal disease cases in those who received MenB vaccine in university outbreak
A subunit vaccine containing varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E and the AS01B adjuvant system is efficacious against herpes zoster infection in older adults

Subunit Vaccine Efficacious Against Herpes Zoster

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Vaccine efficacy 97.2 percent overall in phase 3 trial among adults aged 50 years and older
Preliminary research suggests that an HIV vaccine in development can ramp up the body's immune system

Experimental HIV Vaccine Could Boost Efficacy of HAART

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Findings for patients on highly-active antiretroviral therapy
A microneedle patch may be an easier

Microneedle Patch Could Offer Alternative Mode of Vaccination

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Designed to be easier to use, safer, more portable than syringes
Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination for young girls is associated with reduced incidence of dysplasia and anogenital warts

Early Benefits for Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine in Canadian Teens

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Reduced incidence of dysplasia and anogenital warts among girls vaccinated in grades 8 to 9
Yet another study finds no evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine raises the risk of autism -- even among children who are at increased genetic risk. The latest research was reported in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association

More Reassurance Against MMR-Autism Link

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Finding held true even for children at risk for the developmental disorder
With respect to seropositivity

Aerosolized Measles Vaccine Inferior to Subcutaneous Vaccine

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Lower rate of seropositivity for children receiving aerosolized versus subcutaneous vaccine
A clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine has been launched in the West African nation of Sierra Leone

CDC: Ebola Vaccine Trial Launches in Sierra Leone

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Roughly 6,000 health workers will get shots in country hit hard by current outbreak