(Reuters Health) - The first field trial of a new typhoid vaccine that can be used in young children provides protection for 81.6% of recipients, opening the door to better control of a disease that ...

Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh - Copyright AFP - Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low ...

* Vaccine worked best in youngest children * Cheap vaccine provides herd immunity By Gene Emery BOSTON, July 22 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's <GSK.N> <GSK.L> Typherix vaccine shields children as young ...

While largely eliminated in more affluent nations, typhoid remains a deadly scourge in developing countries, killing more than 110,000 children every year. Children in endemic areas -- mainly ...

A new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) – the only typhoid vaccine licensed for children as young as 6 months – is safe ...

A currently available yet underused vaccine against typhoid fever is highly effective in young children and protects unvaccinated neighbors of vaccinees, according to new research. A new study has ...

A new study shows that single-dose and two-dose regimens of Vi-DT typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) are safe and immunogenic in children 6-23 months of age, a group with high rates of typhoid fever in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As typhoid fever becomes increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a study published recently in The New England ...

A vaccine has proved safe and effective in protecting children against typhoid, raising hopes of fighting the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study says. More than 1.2 million cases of typhoid and 18 ...