Vaccination

Measles Vaccine Given With a Microneedle Patch Could Boost Immunization Programs

Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer microneedle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for ...More
November 27, 2012
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Slide Show: National Influenza Vaccination Week

National Influenza Vaccination Week will be held Dec. 2-8, 2012. Here’s a look at what you need to know about influenza prevention. ...More
November 26, 2012
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Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Rates Improve, but More Work Needed to Protect All Children

While pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the United States have increased considerably over the past five years, a new report issued by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and its Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC) identified critical gaps ...More
November 16, 2012
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Study Finds Certain Subgroups of Black Women Have Lower Uptake of HPV Vaccination

A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that improving Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in black women may require culturally sensitive approaches that address ethnic-specific barriers. The findings are published online in the ...More
November 13, 2012
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New Employer-Sponsored Program Effective at Increasing Influenza Vaccination

A study presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Francisco and recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that influenza-like illness took a significant toll on employee health and productivity during ...More
November 6, 2012
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WHO Says Routine Vaccination Reaches 4 in 5 Children but 22 Million Still Miss Out

Four in five children (83 percent) worldwide received the recommended three doses of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) vaccine during infancy in 2011, according to new data released in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record ...More
November 5, 2012
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More Than a Quarter of St. Louis EMTs Don't Get Flu Vaccines, Study Finds

Patients are regularly advised by healthcare professionals to get timely flu shots, but how often do health workers follow what they advocate? A Saint Louis University study reveals that more than 25 percent of St. Louis area Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) do not get ...More
November 5, 2012
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Free Vaccine Programs for Families of Infants May Protect from Influenza and Pertussis

Free vaccine programs for families of infants and high-risk children are not widely used, but may offer an effective approach to protecting them from influenza and pertussis, according to an article published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection ...More
October 30, 2012
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High-Risk Populations Urged to Get Flu Vaccine

While it is important to get vaccinated against the flu virus as early as possible, it is never too late to reap the benefits of this vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the peak months for the spread of the flu virus are January and ...More
October 25, 2012
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ACIP Recommends Tdap Immunization for Pregnant Women

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 14-0, with one abstention, to recommend that providers of prenatal care implement a Tdap immunization program for all pregnant women. Healthcare personnel ...More
October 25, 2012
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