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Tag Archives: Vaccine
Flu Myths & Legends: Mayo Clinic Expert Dispels 5 Common Misconceptions
It seems you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing “the flu this” or “the flu that.” Unfortunately, this season’s influenza outbreak is one of the worst in years. And it’s not just the flu virus that’s causing problems; there … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in General Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
Tagged colds, Flu, flu shot, hand sanitzer, hand-washing, handwashing, happy birthday, hygiene, influenza, Mayo Clinic, norovirus, pertussis, poland, pregnancy, pregnant, vaccination, Vaccine, virus, whooping cough
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Join Us for a Twitter Chat on Whooping Cough, the Flu & You
What’s new with the flu? Why are so many people getting whooping cough – even though they were vaccinated? Please join experts from Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control for a Twitter chat Dec. 12 with NBC News chief … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Social Media
Tagged Asthma, bazell, bresee, CDC, chat, cold, Flu, infectious, Juhn, nbc, pertussis, poland, sampathkumar, Twitter, vaccination, Vaccine, whooping cough
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No More Shots in the Dark: Mayo Clinic Finds Genetics Behind Measles Vaccine Response
ROCHESTER,Minn.— Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to vaccinations. They are using their findings to answer many of the questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in Infectious Diseases, Quality, Research
Tagged gene, mayoclinic, Measles, poland, shot, vaccination, Vaccine
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Mayo Clinic Studies Cancer Vaccines
Mayo Clinic researcher Keith Knutson and his team have received investigational new drug approval from the Food and Drug Administration for two new vaccines that mobilize the body’s defense mechanisms to destroy cancer cells. The vaccines are among the first … Continue reading
By joedangor |
Posted in Cancer, Research
Tagged Breast Cancer, Cancer, Knutson, Mayo Clinic, Ovarian Cancer, Vaccine
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Anthrax Vaccine Study Shows Fewer Side Effects
Reducing the number of doses of an anthrax vaccine and changing its administration to intramuscular injection resulted in comparable measures of effectiveness but with fewer adverse events, according to a study in the October 1 issue of JAMA. Gregory Poland, … Continue reading
By Lee Aase |
Posted in Infectious Diseases, Research
Tagged Anthrax, Mayo Clinic, Research, Vaccine
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