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Whooping cough case identified at Spanish Fort High, health department says 21 Nov 2009 21:11 GMT
... Department has notified parents of Spanish Fort High School students that a case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough and highly contagious, has been confirmed in the school. ...
GAVI's Impact on Vaccine Market is Bringing Down Prices 18 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
... immunisation because it delivers protection against five diseases: Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and hepatitis B. As recently as 2004, the vaccine cost US$ 3.65 per ...
GAVI's Impact on Vaccine Market is Bringing Down Prices (BIZ) 18 Nov 2009 00:34 GMT
... immunisation because it delivers protection against five diseases: Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and hepatitis B. As recently as 2004, the vaccine cost US$ 3.65 per ...
Pentavalent price drops: the GAVI effect 18 Nov 2009 12:16 GMT
... childhood immunisation because it delivers protection against five diseases: Hib ( type b), diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and hepatitis B. As recently as 2004, the vaccine cost US$ 3.65 per ...
Take a deep breath: Needles are on the way out 21 Nov 2009 02:33 GMT
... This year, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital introduced a mixed vaccine for five diseases--diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenza type B (HiB). The vaccine costs about 45,000 yen a ...

Whooping cough confirmed at Spanish Fort High 21 Nov 2009 21:51 GMT
... has been confirmed at Spanish Fort High School. Whooping cough, the common name for pertussis, is highly contagious. Symptoms include a runny nose, mild sore throat, minimal or no ...
Bare-foot doctors bring gift of life in China's child vaccine chain 20 Nov 2009 03:30 GMT
... has seen China's children immunized against five communicable diseases -- measles, polio, tuberculosis, tetanus, pertusis (whooping cough) and diphtheria -- all major threats to child survival. "China's expanded program ...
'Bare-foot docs' bring gift of life to child vaccination 20 Nov 2009 06:42 GMT
... has seen China's children immunized against five communicable diseases -- measles, polio, tuberculosis, tetanus, pertusis (whooping cough) and diphtheria -- all major threats to child survival. "China's expanded program ...
Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved 20 Nov 2009 09:51 GMT
... vaccinations, about 2 million children die annually. The pentavalent vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumonia, hepatitis B and Hib, which causes meningitis and pneumonia. The GAVI Alliance, with ...
Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved 20 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
... vaccinations, about 2 million children die annually. The pentavalent vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumonia, hepatitis B and Hib, which causes meningitis and pneumonia. The GAVI Alliance, with ...

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As price of child vaccines drop, millions of lives saved from preventable diseases 20 Nov 2009 11:59 GMT
... vaccinations, about 2 million children die annually. The pentavalent vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumonia, hepatitis B and Hib, which causes meningitis and pneumonia. The GAVI Alliance, with ...
Costs of Child Vaccines Fall, More Kids Saved 20 Nov 2009 16:52 GMT
... vaccinations, about 2 million children die annually. The pentavalent vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumonia, hepatitis B and Hib, which causes meningitis and pneumonia. The GAVI Alliance, with ...
GAVI's Impact on Vaccine Market is Bringing Down Prices Four million deaths averted through boost for immunisation over last 10 years 18 Nov 2009 01:20 GMT
... immunisation because it delivers protection against five diseases: Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and hepatitis B. As recently as 2004, the vaccine cost US$ 3.65 per ...
State cutting immunizations for some children 18 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
... Mumps, Rubella and Varicella vaccine, the second dose of Varicella, the Diptheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine, the Hepatitis B vaccine, the polio vaccine and combination shots like Pediatrix. “Funding ...
GAVI's Impact On Vaccine Market Is Bringing Down Prices 18 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... that by the end of 2009 more than four million premature deaths caused by pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B will be prevented through GAVI support. ...
Vaccine Price Drop to Help Millions of Children 18 Nov 2009 18:55 GMT
... made the announcement Wednesday in Hanoi regarding the pentavalentvaccine. It helps protect against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B, as well as against Hib, bacteria that cause meningitis and pneumonia. ...
Whooping Cough Immunity Lasts Longer Than Previously Thought 16 Nov 2009 02:52 GMT
... Once thought to be under control following widespread childhood vaccination, whooping cough (pertussis) has been on the rise since the 1980s in the United States and several ...
Don't be blinded by pseudo science: the swine flu shot is safe 15 Nov 2009 05:54 GMT
... balance is almost always in favour of vaccination and that's with all vaccines from Pertussis (whooping cough) to the MMR. But it's very hard to argue against junk science. ...
Tylenol Found to Reduce Effectiveness of Vaccines 16 Nov 2009 23:50 GMT
... study followed 459 infants aged 9 - 16 weeks who received routine vaccines against pertussis, polio, pneumonia, meningitis, tetanus, hepatitis and other childhood diseases. The infants who were given ...