Scientists at Stanford are developing a painless, topical vaccine using a common skin bacterium to trigger immunity.

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A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...

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Since infection with Cl. Tetani is a localized process, it is probable that such an antitoxin level as will prevent the manifestations of tetanus in guinea pigs would also be sufficient to prevent ...

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At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.