After a vaccination iniative, cases of Hepatitis-A have declined by about 76%.

A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than half of the estimated infections of the disease; which can cause flu-like symptoms and jaundice; occurred in children

After a vaccination iniative, cases of Hepatitis-A have declined by about 76%.

More than half of the estimated infections of the disease; which can cause flu-like symptoms and jaundice; occurred in children, the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said

After a vaccination iniative, cases of Hepatitis-A have declined by about 76%.

More than half of the estimated infections of the disease; which can cause flu-like symptoms and jaundice; occurred in children, the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said

Two teams of U.S. scientists may have made headway in defending livestock and communities at large against the Nipah virus.

The virus is a member of a new genus of viruses related to the mysterious Hendra virus, which infected horses and killed two people in Australia in 1994

Italy has plans to launch a larger-scale human test of its AIDS vaccine in Africa, in the hope of having it ready for the market by 2011.

Barbara Ensoli of Italy's National Health Institute began an initial, small-scale trial involving 47 volunteers at four different clinics in Italy in 2003 and is aiming for results in 2006