A new study has found rates of genital warts have decreased significantly since the HPV vaccine was introduced.
- Honorary Fellow at Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne
Media coverage of a recent study involving a “leaky” vaccine raised questions about the possibility that they could make viruses more dangerous.
Viruses have traditionally been mankind’s enemies, causing disease and often mutating out of the reach of our medicines. But now a new technology is conscripting them into doing good. Viral vectors show…
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has attracted attention in the past week for two contradictory reasons: the Japanese government has withdrawn its recommendation for the shot, while public health…
Chinese researchers have developed the world’s first ever vaccine against a strain of enterovirus that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease, a condition commonly affecting small children that can lead…
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