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Infectious disease: HPV vaccine appears to be cost-effective way to prevent anal cancer in young males
Jane Kim, assistant professor of health decision science at HSPH, is the author of a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on the cost-effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in young men and teen boys. Kim was…
Review of H1N1 polls shows key reasons most Americans skipped vaccine were worries about its safety and lack of concern about illness
Public Health Communications Led Many to Change Other Health Behaviors as a Way of Protecting Themselves During Outbreak For immediate release: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Boston, MA— A comprehensive review of 20 national opinion polls, including 8 by…
Many Americans would delay taking recommended antibiotics after anthrax attack, poll finds
Most Americans Would Worry about Serious Illness or Death after Anthrax Attack, But Many Would Delay Taking Recommended Antibiotics For immediate release: Friday, February 19, 2010 Boston, MA – In a national poll aimed at helping with planning…
Nearly half of Americans believe H1N1 outbreak is over, poll finds
Majority of Parents Got or Intend to Get Their Children Vaccinated, But Majority of Adults Will Not Get H1N1 Vaccine Themselves For immediate release: Friday, February 5, 2010 Boston, MA – The latest poll from researchers at the…
Poll finds two-thirds of parents and high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine were unable to get it
Most Who Tried and Didn’t Get It Say They Will Try Again For immediate release: Friday, November 6, 2009 Boston, MA— A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of…
Vaccinating boys against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) not cost-effective
Cervical Cancer Prevention Efforts Should Prioritize Vaccinating Pre-Adolescent Girls and Continued Cervical Cancer Screening For immediate release: Thursday, October 8, 2009 Boston, MA -- Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus, is…
Polio
[Winter 2009] Remembering the late HSPH Nobel Laureate, Thomas Weller As the polio virus swept across the United States in 1948, 32-year-old Thomas Weller was logging long hours in a Harvard Medical School laboratory, working to develop a…
Hope for a needle-free TB vaccine
[ Spring 2008 ] New "dry-spray" technology passes muster in guinea pigs Aiming to make immunization safer and more cost-effective for the developing world, Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom and two bioengineers at Harvard, David Edwards and doctoral…
Inhaled tuberculosis vaccine more effective than traditional shot in study using experimental animals
For Immediate Release: March 12, 2008 Boston, MA -- A novel aerosol version of the most common tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, administered directly to the lungs as an oral mist, offers significantly better protection against the disease in experimental…
