Sept. 24, 2009
HIV Vaccine Regimen Demonstrates Modest Preventive Effect in Thailand Clinical Study

July 28, 2009
Fox News Blog | U.S. begins human testing of H1N1 vaccines
"When a population has not seen a virus, the question becomes: If you give them a vaccine, is one dose enough?" said Sri Edupuganti, MD, an infectious disease physician with the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Edupuganti serves on the staff of Emory's Hope Clinic, one of eight sites around the country selected to test H1N1 vaccines. She and other vaccination experts say it's likely Americans will require two separate shots to build up full immunity to the swine flu virus.

July 28, 2009
Examiner.com | US rushing swine flu vaccine clinical trials
Adult volunteers for the clinical trials will be recruited at 8 separate sites including Emory University...

July 27, 2009
Action Cycling raises $175K for vaccine work
When organizers of Action Cycling 200 set a goal, they tend to surpass it with the ease of Lance Armstrong zipping along a flat stretch of terrain.

July 24, 2009
11Alive.com | Emory hiring volunteers for H1N1 vaccine's clinical trials
Emory University is recruiting healthy adults to receive injections of the new, H1N1 flu vaccine as part of the clinical trials to determine the exact dosage required when the vaccine is made available to the public, worldwide, later this year..."Children and young adults are considered among the most vulnerable populations for new and emerging strains of influenza, such as the current H1N1 pandemic," said one of the leaders of the clinical trials, Harry Keyserling, MD.

July 22, 2009
11Alive.com | Emory taking part in H1N1 influenza vaccines testing
"These clinical trials are critical in preparing for this fall's vaccination program and in possibly preventing a widespread H1N1 pandemic when the flu season begins. We are pleased through our participation to include Emory and the city of Atlanta in this important national public health effort," says Mark Mulligan, MD, principal investigator of the Emory VTEU, professor of medicine in Emory University School of Medicine and executive director of the Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center.

May 27, 2009
DOCTOR IS IN: When will we get AIDS vaccine?
Since the mid-1990s, thousands of patients with HIV/AIDS have been successfully treated with combinations of drugs known as “highly active antiretroviral therapy.” In many cases, these drugs have turned a disease that used to be a sure death sentence into a treatable, chronic condition...
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July 22, 2009
Emory to Participate in NIH Clinical Trials Testing 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccines

July 22, 2009
NIAID Set to Launch Clinical Trials to Test 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Candidates

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July 14, 2009
Emory Joins International HIV Prevention Trials Network

May 27, 2009
DOCTOR IS IN: When will we get AIDS vaccine?

May 8, 2009
New HIV/AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trials Begin at Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic

May 7, 2009
HIV Vaccine Awareness Week Highlighted by Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events

May 6, 2009
HIV Vaccine Awareness Week Highlighted by Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events

ATLANTA – The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center and its Atlanta partners will host a fundraising bike ride, a radio show and an educational symposium in support of international HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18.

"A safe, affordable HIV vaccine offers our greatest hope to gain control over the global AIDS problem,” says Mark Mulligan, MD, executive medical director of the Hope Clinic. “HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is an important annual opportunity to increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS, vaccines and clinical trials. With these events, we also wish to say ‘thank you’ to our many vaccine volunteers, who make progress possible."

Media Contact: Holly Korschun, hkorsch@emory.edu, 404-727-3990