Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever after two potential drugs showed encouraging survival results in a clinical trial in Congo. Two experimental drugs — Regeneron's REGN-EB3 and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 — were ...
Eroding trust in vaccines leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds
Trust in vaccines — one of the world's most effective and widely-used medical products — is highest in poorer countries but weaker in wealthier ones where skepticism has allowed outbreaks of diseases such as measles to persist, a global study released Wednesday has found. France ...
Japan starts work on vaccinating wild boars as swine fever outbreaks continue
The Aichi Prefectural Government started work Sunday to vaccinate wild boars against swine fever, in the first attempt at vaccinating wild animals in the country. Aichi officials placed feed containing a vaccine in the ground at some locations in Aichi Prefecture, including at a forest ...
China disciplines 80 officials linked to major vaccine scandal
China's corruption watchdog on Saturday said it has disciplined more than 80 officials linked to a major vaccine scandal last summer that inflamed public fears over the safety of domestically produced drugs. Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology — a major Chinese manufacturer of rabies vaccines — was ...
Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off 'insect apocalypse'
Scientists in Finland have developed the first vaccine to protect bees against disease, raising hopes for tackling the drastic decline in insect numbers, which could cause a global food crisis. Bees are vital for growing food, as they help fertilize 3 out of 4 crops ...
China to prosecute suspects at scandal-hit vaccine maker, confiscate illegal income
Chinese authorities will prosecute all suspects in a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology and confiscate its illegal earnings, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The company was accused in July of falsifying data for a rabies vaccine and manufacturing an ineffective vaccine for ...
Viral content: vaccine scandal tests Beijing's grip on information control
A Chinese vaccine scandal has laid bare a new challenge Beijing faces in its long battle for information control: blogs and online articles by independent writers capable of unleashing a storm of public fury. Outrage over safety lapses by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. in ...
China vaccine scandal ripples through domestic market, threatens push for larger global role
A vaccine scandal in China, which has hit a nerve in the country and prompted quick reactions from leaders in Beijing, is sending ripples across the wider domestic drug market while threatening to dent Chinese ambitions to play a larger global role. Shares in Chinese ...
Citizens are being needlessly left exposed to infectious diseases.
Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said. Jessica Ilunga said 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to Mbandaka, which ...
Suit opens in Tokyo court over cervical cancer vaccine side effects
Twenty-eight girls and women suffering what they say are side effects from cervical cancer vaccines that were recommended by the government demanded compensation from the state and drugmakers Monday as their trial opened at the Tokyo District Court. The plaintiffs, ranging in age from 15 ...
Human challenge: Vaccine volunteers clear dengue hurdle, target Zika next
Forget mosquito bites. Volunteers let researchers in the U.S. inject them with the dengue virus in the name of science — and an experimental vaccine protected them. Next up, scientists plan to use this same strategy against dengue's cousin, the Zika virus. It's called a ...
