Childhood Diseases

  • Combination MMRV Vaccine Linked to Seizure Risk
    The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) is associated with double the risk of febrile seizures for 1- to 2-year-old children compared with same-day administration of the separate vaccine for MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and the varicella ...More
    June 28, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Response to Vaccines Could Depend on Your Sex
    Biological differences between the sexes could be a significant predictor of responses to vaccines, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined published data from numerous adult and child vaccine trials and found that sex ...More
    May 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Conference on Vaccine Research to Highlight 40-Year Progress
    Scientists at the 13th annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR), sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), will reflect on the remarkable growth of vaccine biotechnology in the last several decades and focus on the growing number of ...More
    April 26, 2010
    Posted in News
  • OB/GYN Offices May Be Ideal Venue for Improving Vaccine Rates Among Women
    Obstetrician/gynecologist offices may be the ideal venue for boosting vaccination rates among women, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. They reported today on a successful pilot program focused on providing HPV (human papillomavirus) and Tdap (tetanus, ...More
    April 21, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Researcher Says Trying to Eradicate a Disease is a Waste of Money
    Eradicating smallpox was one of the greatest human accomplishments of the 20th century, but new research shows initiatives of this kind are not as good a use of health dollars as people might think. McGill University biologist Dr. Jonathan Davies explains that reducing the ...More
    April 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Joint Commission to Offer Monograph on Tdap Vaccinations
    In an effort to help healthcare organizations implement or enhance tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination programs for patients and healthcare workers, The Joint Commission is seeking healthcare organizations that are willing to share their ...More
    March 25, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Additional Evidence Refutes Vaccine-Autism Link
    As a pivotal paper linking childhood vaccinations to autism is discredited, a new study finds no evidence that the measles vaccine—given alone or as part of a combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine—increases the risk of autism in children. The study ...More
    February 10, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Childhood Vaccination Gaps Narrowing in U.S.
    About three-quarters of U.S. children received recommended vaccinations in 2008, up from about half in 2000, reports a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).“The goal of the study was to look at trends in vaccination disparities over the ...More
    January 6, 2010
    Posted in News
  • CDC: H1N1 Flu Update
    The latest H1N1 update from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reveal the number of swine flu infections continue to drop and 25 states report widespread activity, mostly in the Northeast and Southwest. ...More
    December 7, 2009
    Posted in News
  • CDC: H1N1 Flu Less Widespread
    The latest H1N1 update from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reveal the number of swine flu infections are seem to be dropping; however, the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30. Overall influenza activity remains high for this ...More
    December 1, 2009
    Posted in News
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