AN experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the Aids virus for the first time, a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly illness.

An experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the Aids virus for the first time, a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly illness.

Researchers said for the first time an experimental vaccine has cut the risk of infection with the deadly Aids virus.

AN AMERICAN man who suffered from Aids appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukaemia, his doctors said.

The US government is optimistic about a new vaccine to protect against an outbreak of potentially deadly avian flu, and distribution could start as soon as mid-September, a senior federal health official has said.

The US government is getting ready to test a bird flu vaccine and stockpiling both vaccine and antiviral drugs as the threat grows that a deadly strain of avian influenza will begin spreading from Asia.

Fears were today mounting that the danger to the public from America’s anthrax outbreak was greater than had initially been believed.