http://goldbamboo.com/ Diphtheria News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a212643.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A booster shot against whooping cough, or pertussis, using a low-dose tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, appears well tolerated in adolescents who have previously been given five doses of acellular pertussis-containing vaccine, according to German and US researchers. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:51 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a196710.html Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls can make children’s diphtheria and tetanus vaccinations less effective, a new report suggests. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a183610.html WHO is developing implementation plan of an emergency plan with the Ministry of Health to provide pre-emptive immunization of a booster dose of Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) to the entire over -15 population in the earthquake affected areas, totaling approximately 1.3 million people. Simultaneously, one dose of measles vaccine will also be administered to children 6-59 months in the same areas. [click link for full article] Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a154387.html The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is recommending as a precautionary measure the suspension of the marketing authorisation for Hexavac due to concerns about the long-term protection against hepatitis B. Hexavac is a vaccine for infants and children against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), hepatitis B virus, polio virus and Haemophilus influenzae type b... click link for more info. Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a142115.html Polio, diphtheria, mumps, and German measles - all life-threatening diseases that have been virtually eradicated through the use of vaccines... click link for more info. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:00 EST