The incidence of chickenpox has declined with widespread use of live-attenuated varicella vaccine in infants (Journal Watch Feb 22 2002). To assess the vaccine's effectiveness, researchers ...

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It will compete with Merck & Co's equally well-established MMR II vaccine in the US, which has had the market mostly to itself since it was approved by the FDA in the 1970s, as well as Merck's ...

Inactivated vaccines, also called killed vaccines, are made from a protein or other small pieces taken from a virus or bacteria. They use this component to stimulate the immune system to protect the ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — With viral outbreaks spreading more quickly, faster responses and quicker development of new vaccines has become crucial. However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is ...

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In the 1990s, hepatitis B and varicella (chicken pox) vaccines were added, and the polio vaccine shot (IPV) replaced the oral polio vaccine. Then, in 2000, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said ...