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People generally think of a vaccine as something that fends off an illness before it gets started. But this one mobilizes the immune system against already established tumors. Lyerly and his colleagues aim to enhance the ability of dendritic cells, an alarm conveyor in the immune system, to target the...
That doesn't mean that schools should do nothing to accommodate students with allergies. A handful of institutions have designated peanut-free tables in their cafeterias and trained teachers and others to give adrenaline shots in an emergency. In the meantime, doctors are working on a vaccine-like treatment that...
The vaccination is a great idea, even if your memory of freshman English is receding as fast as your hairline. Hepatitis B strikes more than 200,000 Americans each year and kills 6,000, making it the third most deadly vaccine-preventable disease in the U.S., after flu and pneumonia...
It made a lot of sense back in 1991 for the Centers for Disease Control to target its vaccination efforts at children under the age of two. But researchers then found that 75% of new cases of hepatitis B in the U.S. occur in those between the ages of 15...
The vaccine, given in three doses over six months, carries potential minor side effects, such as soreness and fever. And there have been reports of adults developing multiple sclerosis after vaccination, although most experts regard those outcomes as unfortunate coincidences. The vaccine is one of the safest inoculations available. Considering...