A new study suggests that a commonly available tetanus vaccine may help prevent or treat Parkinson’s disease. How the tetanus bacteria invade the cells of the disease is not known, but researchers believe that they can gain access to the brain through nerve cells in the nose. In one study, researchers reviewed a large record…
File photo Karachi’s third largest government hospital lacks vaccines to treat dog bites. According to sources, dog bite treatment vaccine is not available in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for many years. For the treatment of dog bites, the vaccine has to be procured from outside, the hospital does not even have a dedicated department for the…
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the second dengue vaccine. This initiative taken by the organization will provide protection to millions of people around the world against mosquito-borne diseases. A statement issued by the agency said that the agency has approved the dengue vaccine made by Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda. WHO recommends this…
But now, there could be an easier alternative in the form of patches that can be simply applied to the skin, much like a sticking plaster. Early data from a vaccine patch trial in the Gambia has shown promising indications that it could be effective in protecting children from measles. The UN World Health Organization…
Cambridge: Scientists have developed a new vaccine technology that can protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses. The vaccine (which has so far only been tested on mice), developed in joint research between the University of Cambridge and Oxford and the California Institute of Technology, marks a breakthrough in the vaccine field. Rory Hills, a…
London: The multinational pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca has recently admitted that the covid vaccine it has developed can cause a serious blood clotting disorder in the body. According to media reports, British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca admitted for the first time in a British court case that its Covid vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of…
British Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca has admitted for the first time that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare type of blood clot, which can be fatal. AstraZeneca’s covid vaccine Covishield is widely used in more than 150 countries. A lawsuit filed in the UK claims AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine caused death and serious injury and…
The World Health Organization (WHO) decision means that Euvichol-S vaccine can be added to other cholera-busting drugs which are not being produced in sufficient quantities to help countries battling outbreaks of the preventable disease. WHO reported 473,000 cholera cases in 2022 – double the number in 2021. “The new vaccine is the third product of…
The Men5CV vaccine offers a powerful shield against the five major strains of the meningococcal bacteria – A, C, W, Y and X – which cause the disease. Known by the brand name MenFive, it provides broader protection than the vaccine currently used in much of Africa, which is only effective against the A strain. …
San Diego: A pancreatic cancer vaccine administered to patients three years ago continues to protect patients from cancer recurrence, a new study suggests. At a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in San Diego, researchers reported that eight patients who received the vaccine had no recurrence of the cancer three years later. According…
