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 ...
A lawsuit filed by 63 women nationwide who say they were damaged by human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines that were approved to prevent cervical cancer is unlikely to be settled soon. The women, aged 15 to 22, sued the government and manufacturers of the HPV vaccines ...
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 ...
It comes to light that the contractor of a leaning condominium ordered the use of 14-meter piles, knowing that 18-meter piles were likely needed.
A vaccine to prevent high blood pressure was found to be effective in a new mouse study, with effects lasting about six months, according to a team of researchers at Osaka University. The study, led by Hiroshi Koriyama, was carried Wednesday in the online edition ...
Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers as part of an effort to slow the spread of the deadly fever and prevent future outbreaks. The epidemic has killed more than 8,900 people in West Africa since it began ...
Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday. Dr. Marie Paule Kieny, an assistant director general ...
Up to 30,000 people could have used experimental treatments or vaccines so far in the world's worst outbreak of Ebola currently plaguing West Africa, British scientists said on Wednesday. The calculation highlights the dilemma facing officials considering how to distribute the tiny quantities of unproven ...
More must be done to target the 22 million children, mainly in the poorest countries, who do not have access to lifesaving vaccines that protect against diseases such as measles, pneumonia and rotavirus, writes Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
Teens injured or disabled by cervical cancer vaccines step up efforts to permanently end the subsidy program for Cervarix and Gardasil.
