Vaccine Shortages Examined, Prescription Formulated in New Sabin Institute Release

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NEW CANAAN, CT —Recent highly publicized vaccine shortages have cast a shadow over the otherwise enormous success of vaccines as a tool for disease prevention around the world. Vaccines have been the cornerstone of public health for the past 50 years and shortages have shaken public confidence and exposed real vulnerabilities in the current system of vaccines production.

Health Experts Take Up Vaccine Strategy for Would-Be Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks

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NEW CANAAN, CT — A global flu outbreak—flu pandemic—strikes three or four times in a century, with a new strain of flu met by weak immune resistance around the globe. The pandemic flu of 1918 killed 40 million people; at least two lesser pandemics occurred in the last half of the 20th century.

Sabin Institute's Ciro de Quadros Elected to Institute of Medicine Membership

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NEW CANAAN, CT, October 18, 2004 —The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies today announced the election of 65 new members, including Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) Director of International Programs Ciro de Quadros, MD, MPH. New members bringing the roster to 1,416 also included Sabin trustee Michael T. Osterholm, PhD and scientific advisor Stephen L. Hoffman, M.D.

Sabin Vaccine Institute to Team with Brazilians on Human Hookworm Vaccine Trials

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NEW CANAAN, CT, September 15, 2004—The Sabin Vaccine Institute, sponsor of research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on a newly developed vaccine to prevent human hookworm disease, has signed a memorandum of understanding with federal and state vaccine production facilities in Brazil for clinical development of the vaccine, including clinical trials and vaccine manufacture.

Hookworm Disease Weighs Heavily on the Developing World Poor

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NEW CANAAN, CT, August 19, 2004—An article published today in The New England Journal of Medicine calls attention to the enormous impact of parasitic hookworm infection on the developing world poor. The authors of “Current Concepts: Hookworm Infection” have studied the parasite over many years and describe the disturbing effects of mild infection as well as the disease state that results from heavy hookworm infection.

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