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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
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
Prenatal Exposure to Hong Kong Flu Associated With Reduced Intelligence in Adulthood

The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970. A number of studies have been conducted to determine if prenatal exposure to the influenza virus may ...More
April 15, 2009
Posted in News
Combo Shots Make Vaccines Less of a Pain in the Arm

For children heading back to school this fall, the obligatory visit to the doctor’s office may leave them feeling less like a pincushion than in previous years. This is due in large part to the growing trend of combining vaccines and booster shots into one or two ...More
July 14, 2008
Posted in News
New Online Tool Manages Children’s Vaccine Schedules

Georgia Tech associate professor Pinar Keskinocak, graduate student Faramroze Engineer and executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC Larry Pickering (left to right) display the new online tool they developed that allows parents and ...More
July 14, 2008
Posted in News
Experts Agree: Vaccines Give Healthcare a Needed Shot in the Arm

Vaccines will play a growing role in global public health, but controversies may impede their progress. That was the conclusion of four international experts at a symposium sponsored by University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the fifth in a series on the future of ...More
May 15, 2008
Posted in News
Infection Control in Alternate Settings

Research shows that compliance to infection control (IC) precautions is internationally suboptimal and, according to European researchers, compliance at suboptimal levels has "significant implications for staff safety, patient protection and the care environment."¹On ...More
April 1, 2008
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Number of Cases of Most Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in U.S. at All-Time Low

A comparison of illness and death rates for 13 vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., before and after use of the vaccine, indicates there have been significant decreases in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths for each of the diseases examined, according to ...More
November 14, 2007
Posted in News
Wistar Licenses Rubella Vaccine Seed Stock to Microgen of Russia

The Wistar Institute announced today that it has licensed the seed stock for its rubella vaccine to Microgen of Russia for a modest fee in the interest of promoting global public health. The Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation, headed by renowned cellist Maestro Mstislav ...More
January 6, 2006
Posted in News

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