vaccine news stories on Newser

Vaccine Could Cut Heroin Addiction

John Johnson — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:01:13 CST

Scientists in Mexico are making progress on a front sure to displease the cartels: a heroin vaccine. It seems to have worked in mice, and now researchers are preparing tests on humans, reports the Guardian . The idea behind the vaccine is to make the body immune to the effects of...

Scientists Make Ebola Breakthrough

Kevin Spak — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:05:17 CST

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against Ebola, developing a new synthetic vaccine that successfully protected 80% of the mice into which it was injected. More importantly, the new vaccine can be dried down and frozen for storage, the BBC reports; past Ebola vaccines have used real...

Kids Increasingly Skipping Vaccines

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:06:05 CST

US health officials are concerned about a growing trend: Parents who opt out of vaccinating their children as required by public schools. In eight states, more than one in 20 public school kindergarten students aren't getting all of the required vaccines, according to an AP analysis. Over the past five...

Delta In-Flight Ad Causes Stir

Kevin Spak — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:48:16 CST

Delta Airlines has announced that it will change its approval process for in-flight ads, after a PSA from the National Vaccine Information Center, a group that is often critical of vaccines, caused an uproar, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The ad , which will keep running through the end of November...

CDC: Boys Should Get HPV Shot, Too

Kevin Spak — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:01:48 CDT

A CDC committee voted overwhelmingly today to recommend the HPV vaccine for boys as well as girls, reasoning that it will protect them from some cancers of the penis and rectum, while also preventing them from transmitting HPV to the people they sleep with. Twelve panel members voted for the...

Feds Mull Testing Anthrax Vaccine on Kids

Mark Russell — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:26:41 CDT

If you thought the HPV vaccine debate was lively (or, a couple of years ago, N1H1 ), just imagine what is going to happen with anthrax. The government is debating whether children should be inoculated against anthrax, to protect against possible bioterrorism, reports the Washington Post . “At the end of...

Meet the Teacher Who Fueled Perry's HPV Fight

Matt Cantor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:00:00 CDT

After she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, Houston teacher Heather Burcham decided to devote her life to raising awareness of the disease and the HPV vaccine—and one man she inspired was Rick Perry. The Texas governor befriended Burcham following his executive order that girls should receive the vaccine, the...

Bachmann: I Just Passed On Stranger's Vaccine Fear

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:16:23 CDT

Michele Bachmann is again backing off her vaccine scare story , admitting she really didn't know what she was talking about when she linked the HPV vaccine to a risk of retardation. She was simply passing on the concerns of a stranger who approached her. "All I was doing is relaying...

Doctors Offer $11K for Proof of HPV Story

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:13:54 CDT

Doctors are so outraged over the scare story about the HPV vaccine that Michele Bachmann told this week—and so sure it’s baseless—that they’re offering a hefty reward for anyone who can prove it’s true. In two interviews, Bachmann said a crying mother had approached her after Monday’s debate...