
Top news coverage from the NFID 19th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research on April 18-20, 2016 in Baltimore, MD:
- Experts focus on vaccines to combat antimicrobial resistance (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Bruce G. Gellin, MD, MPH, National Vaccine Program Office, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Findings support development of staphylococcal enterotoxin B protein vaccine (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Wilber Chen, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Flublok demonstrates superior efficacy over IIV (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Lisa M. Dunkle, MD, Protein Sciences Corp.
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Hope for Zika Vaccine Stems from Precedent (History of Vaccines)
- HPV vaccination increases among teens with health-seeking behaviors (Healio Infectious Diseases in Children)
Featuring Holly B. Fontenot, PhD, RN, NP, William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College
- HSV-2 vaccine candidate reduces viral shedding, genital lesions up to 1 year (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Seth Hetherington, MD, Genocea Biosciences
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Lessons Learned from Ebola Virus Vaccine Trials (History of Vaccines)
- Limited knowledge about Zika poses challenge in vaccine development (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Col. Paul B. Keiser, MD, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- New approaches needed to address vaccine resistance (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Gregory A. Poland, MD, Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic
- Recent progress in development of universal flu vaccine (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Peter Palese, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Third phase 3 trial shows HEPLISAV-B vaccine safe, effective against HBV (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring Sam Jackson, MD, investigator for Dynavax Technologies
- William Schaffner, MD, discusses ACVR highlights (Healio Infectious Disease News)
Featuring William Schaffner, MD, Medical Director, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board member
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