By Erika Edwards A first look at how well the flu vaccine is working suggests it’s better than last season’s shot — so far. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that the overall effectiveness of the shot in the current flu season is 45 percent. The CDC evaluates the annual vaccine on how well it […]
By KATE THAYER CHICAGO TRIBUNE Under newly introduced state legislation, parents in Illinois would no longer be able to claim religion as a reason to refuse vaccinations for their children — a move backed by public health officials as a way to stave off outbreaks of diseases once thought to be eradicated, and shunned by groups […]
BROOMALL, PA — After one of its elementary students died from complications due to influenza, a Philadelphia-area school district is warning families that other students may have been exposed to the virus. The Marple Newtown School District district said Sunday that Matthew David Wzorek, 7, died from complications related to the flu. Wzorek, known to his family as […]
(HealthDay News) — The hexavalent combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTaP) adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) conjugate (meningococcal protein conjugate), and hepatitis B (HepB; recombinant) vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB) has been included in the federal Vaccines for Children program, according to research published in the Feb. 7 issue of the U.S. […]
(CNN) While much of the world’s attention has been focused on the Wuhan coronavirus, there’s another virus that has been keeping doctors offices around the country incredibly busy this time of year. Flu activity continued to increase and remained high in the United States in the week ending February 1, according to new data from […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Up to 45 million children in seven developing countries will be immunized against measles in a series of major vaccination campaigns to try to halt a global surge in the viral disease, the GAVI vaccine alliance said on Wednesday. Measles cases have risen dramatically in all parts of the world in recent […]
Sean T. O’Leary, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP February 04, 2020 The 2020 child and adolescent immunization schedule released today includes changes to recommendations for hepatitis A and tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccines. In addition, the terms “individual clinical decision-making” and “clinical discretion” have been replaced with “shared clinical decision-making.” The schedule for the use of […]
By Carolyn Y. Johnson Jan. 30, 2020 at 11:06 a.m. EST In a suburb south of Boston, robots have already started manufacturing a potential vaccine against the fast-spreading coronavirus. Another candidate vaccine — developed when a similar virus terrified the world — sits in deep freeze in a repository in Houston, ready to be thawed and […]
FDA Approves Novel Pandemic Influenza Vaccine – Medscape – Feb 03, 2020. Megan Brooks The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first and only adjuvanted, cell-based pandemic vaccine to provide active immunization against the influenza A virus H5N1 strain. Influenza A (H5N1) monovalent vaccine, adjuvanted (Audenz, Seqirus) is for use in individuals aged 6 months and older. It’s designed […]
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued updated vaccine guidelines in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report recommending the use of either tetanus and diphtheria vaccine or tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis, or Tdap, vaccine for Td booster shots every 10 years and tetanus prophylaxis for wounds in people with prior Tdap vaccinations. […]
