Newspapers in the UK are buzzing with excitement over news that a new vaccine against meningitis B developed by the Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis has performed well in early clinical trials.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/15/health.medicalresearch
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/meningitis-defeated-at-last-828286.html
About 3,000 mostly young people catch meningitis B every year in the USA, of whom about 10% die and 25% suffer lifelong injuries, so an [...]
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