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Vaccination

Intentionally Unvaccinated Students Putting Other Children at Risk, Expert Says

Parents nervous about the safety of vaccinations for their children may be causing a new problem -- the comeback of their grandparents’ childhood diseases, reports a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Despite the successes of childhood ...More
August 23, 2012
Posted in News
Use of Retail Medical Clinics Grows, Flu Vaccination Drives Visits

Fast-growing retail medical clinics are attracting more older patients and delivering more preventive care, particularly flu shots and other vaccinations, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation. Researchers found that visits to retail medical clinics increased ...More
August 16, 2012
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Hepatitis A Vaccination in Children Under 2 Remains Effective for 10 Years

Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus (HAV) in children two years of age and younger remains effective for at least 10 years, according to new research available in the August issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases ...More
August 9, 2012
Posted in News
Vaccines Could be the Difference Between Life and Death for a Child

This year the U.S. has seen the worst outbreak of whooping cough in more than 50 years. In fact, it has reached epidemic levels in many states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the numbers of cases reported is already twice as many as last year. ...More
August 9, 2012
Posted in News
Should Young Men be Vaccinated Against Human Papillomavirus?

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) is recommended for young women to protect them from HPV infection and cervical cancer. Male HPV immunization is increasingly a topic of debate in the medical community. A timely review of the literature published in Viral ...More
August 7, 2012
Posted in News
Flu Vaccination of HCWs May Offer Protective Effect for Patients in Residential Care Settings

Healthcare workers may transmit respiratory infection to patients. Two recent systematic reviews considered the evidence for indirect protection of vulnerable patient groups after staff influenza vaccination; they suggest that vaccination of healthcare workers might be ...More
July 30, 2012
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Human Papillomavirus Types Do Not Replace Others After Large-Scale Vaccination

Vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) are now recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for both teenage boys and girls. The vaccine protects against the two most common types of the virus that cause cervical cancer: HPV 16 and 18. Is there a ...More
July 25, 2012
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Studies Examine Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes, Nervous System Disorder Following H1N1 Vaccination

In studies examining the risk of adverse outcomes after receipt of the influenza A(H1N1) vaccine, infants exposed to the vaccine in utero did not have a significantly increased risk of major birth defects, preterm birth, or fetal growth restriction; while in another, study ...More
July 10, 2012
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Risk Compensation and Optimistic Bias: Why Healthcare Workers are Not Getting Vaccinated

Each year, approximately 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans get infected with the influenza virus. With more than 200,000 hospitalizations each year for flu-related complications, it is a wonder that less than 50 percent of eligible citizens take preventive action by ...More
June 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice, PPE & Standard Precautions
World Health Assembly Endorses New Plan to Increase Global Access to Vaccines

Ministers of health from 194 countries at the 65th World Health Assembly last week endorsed a landmark Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), a roadmap to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities. The ...More
May 28, 2012
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