JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature Monday approved a measure that improves statewide access to vaccines and reduces healthcare costs for providers and insurance payers. Senate Bill 37, sponsored by Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, renews the Alaska immunization program in the Department of Health and Social Services, which is scheduled for expiration on January […]
PHILADELPHIA – A team of scientists, led by researchers at The Wistar Institute, has identified a possible explanation for why middle-aged adults were hit especially hard by the H1N1 influenza virus during the 2013-2014 influenza season. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer evidence that a new mutation in […]
If deemed safe, an experimental Ebola vaccine will be administered in a trial program in West Africa where tens of thousands of doses will be administered says the World Health Organization. This new news coming from WHO comes as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that all passengers arriving from three west African countries, […]