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06/09/2008 - Trials start on flu vaccine that could end yearly jabs (The Independent) Clinical trials of a new universal flu vaccine that could offer long-term protection against strains including human mutations of bird flu are starting at Oxford University. Discuss this >> OR Read background >> |
 05/09/2008 - Isotope shortage may delay scans (BBC) Hundreds of important NHS hospital tests could be put on hold due to a worldwide shortage of a radioactive isotope. Discuss this >> OR Read background >> |
05/09/2008 - MMR and autism again (NHS Choices) 'Fresh research rules out MMR-autism link', is the headline in The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper goes on to describe a new study that replicates one conducted in 1998 by Dr Andrew Wakefield. This earlier study is described by the Daily Mail as being the one that 'caused a furore' by suggesting a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. The new study replicates the methods of the original study even using, along with another two laboratories, the same laboratory that Wakefield and his colle... Discuss this >> OR Read background >> |