Ear & Sinus Infection Vaccine
CNN – Assuming it would be able to prevent chronic sinusitus (from which I suffer) this would be great –
The vaccine will target Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae or NTHi, which is the main remaining cause of ear and sinus infections and bronchitis, now that vaccines exist for various forms of streptococcal bacteria and Haemophilus influenzae B, the previous leading causes.
“For ear infections they are the No. 1 cause, for sinus infections they are the No. 1 cause and for bronchitis in adults they are the No. 1 cause, but they do not invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening illness in normal people,” Pichichero said in a telephone interview.
Ear infections cost around $3 billion a year alone. Compared to the flu, which costs about about $11 billion, it’s not much, but there is a vaccine for that.
-Shlok
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