GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the European Commission has granted a marketing authorisation for its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix for all 27 European member states.
Climate changes have jeopardized human health in the past, and are bound to do so again. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s, for example, led to many illnesses and deaths from breathing difficulties and malnutrition, and prompted westward migrations of people vying for scarce food, shelter, and work.
Merck & Co., Inc. announced their candidate AIDS vaccine failed to provide protection in a human study designed to test for efficacy. In this Merck trial involving high risk volunteers, an equal number of people received either placebo or AIDS vaccine. The independent Data Safety Monitoring Board recommended that the trial be stopped because it was not reaching its efficacy endpoints.
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be used to detect the highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) virus.
Canadian health officials prevent passengers of a cruise ship Aurora from disembarking in Halifax while they investigate the possible outbreak of the Norovirus.
Beijing registered 563 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the first half of this year, up 50 per cent from the same period last year, mostly through needle sharing and sex, a health official said here.
International drug company Merck has halted trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising in the fight against Aids.
Positive test results for Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) have now been confirmed at the site where it was decided that cattle should be slaughtered on suspicion earlier this evening.
Vaccination in a phase II clinical trial of Merck & Co., Inc.’s investigational HIV vaccine (V520) is being discontinued because the vaccine was not effective.
A University of Sydney professor who developed a system to combat bioterrorism has received a major award from the US military.