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Beat the flu: Get your vaccine now

September 18, 2015 Dr. Pedro A. Piedra, Flu, flu shot, Healthcare, high-dose influenza vaccine, Houston, inactivated flu vaccine, infectious disease, influenza, live flu vaccine, molecular virology and microbiology, Vaccines

The easiest way to help prevent the flu? Get vaccinated. Dr. Pedro A. Piedra, professor of molecular virology and microbiology and pediatrics at Baylor College

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Preventing head and neck cancers with HPV vaccine

May 1, 2015 Cancer, Dr. Mark Bonnen, head and neck cancer, Houston, HPV, human papillomavirus, Men's Health, Radiation Oncology, Research, Teen Health, Vaccines, Women's Health

Each year approximately 6.2 million Americans are infected with the most common sexually transmitted disease, the human papilloma virus (HPV). Not only is HPV the

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Getting ready for summer 'arbovirus' season in Houston

April 7, 2015 arbovirus infections, Baylor College of Medicine, chikungunya, Dengue Fever, Dr. Coreen Beaumier, Dr. Kathryn Jones, Dr. Kristy Murray, Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Rebecca Rico-Hesse, Harris County, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, Melissa Nolan Garcia, molecular virology and microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines, West Nile Virus

Dengue and Chikungunya are not exactly household worlds, but these two viral infections are serious diseases (known as “arbovirus infections”). Each is transmitted by mosquitoes,

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Measles: What you should know

February 9, 2015 Autism, Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research, Dr. Camille Leugers, Dr. Carol Baker, Dr. Peter Hotez, Education, Family and community medicine, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, measles, Men's Health, MMR, molecular virology and microbiology, mups and rubella vaccine, National School of Tropical Medicine, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Vaccines, Women's Health

With the recent measles outbreak in California, many people have questions about the illness and vaccinations. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine have answers.

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Gates annual letter highlights neglected tropical diseases

January 22, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor University, Bill and Melinda Gates, Community, Dr. Peter Hotez, Global Health, Healthcare, infectious disease, National School of Tropical Medicine, neglected tropical diseases, Research, Rice University, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines

Today, Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter in which they identified goals for what the world will look like in 15 years. They

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Ebola not the first disease to frighten the public

November 7, 2014 Ebola, Healthcare, History, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, polio, public health, Ruth SoRelle, Vaccines

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana The current furor over Ebola, a viral infection, and the few

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Vaccines to treat addictions?

October 21, 2014 addiction, Cocaine vaccine, Dr. Thomas Kosten, Healthcare, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Research, vaccine, Vaccines

Could a vaccine be used in the future to treat an addiction to nicotine, cocaine, methamphetamine and opiates? Dr. Thomas Kosten, professor and the Jay

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Vaccine diplomacy: path for U.S. foreign policy?

June 30, 2014 Dr. Peter Hotez, Foreign Policy, National School of Tropical Medicine, neglected tropical diseases, Research, Vaccines

A key research arm of our National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital

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Thoughts on World Autism Awareness Day

April 2, 2014 Autism, Dr. Peter Hotez, National Autism Awareness Month, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Vaccination, Vaccines

Today is the seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day, a day when organizations committed to autism research, advocacy, or policy promote awareness through events and

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Vaccine Nation: 10 most important diseases without a licensed vaccine

September 3, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, Dr. Peter Hotez, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines

This August, Vaccine Nation, the organizer of the World Vaccine Congress, released its list of the 10 most important infections with no licensed vaccine. In