Stephanie Mihailescu

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December – National Influenza Awareness Week

CDC established National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) in 2005 to highlight the importance of continuing flu vaccination through the holiday season and beyond. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/nivw/about.htm Influenza Update 2019-2020 is presented as a web-on-demand video. How long are you contagious with the flu? CDC provides information on everything you need to know about the flu illness, including symptoms, treatment and prevention. […]

January – Cervical Health Awareness Month

The United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is virtually always preventable with HPV vaccination and appropriate screening (Pap smear). VACCINATION HPV vaccines can help prevent infection from both high risk HPV types that can lead to cervical […]

Study Finds Disturbing Trends in Vaccination Exemptions

June 20, 2018 02:34 pm Michael Devitt – A new study shows that numerous states and large metropolitan centers have seen an uptick in the number of nonmedical exemptions (NMEs) from childhood vaccinations granted. The study, published in PLOS Medicine,(journals.plos.org) found that in the past decade, the number of philosophical exemptions to vaccination has increased in two-thirds of the states that […]

AAP influenza immunization recommendations revised for 2018-’19 season

Flor M. Munoz-Rivas, M.D., FAAP and Henry H. Bernstein, D.O., M.H.C.M., FAAP Annual seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months and older, as vaccination remains the best available preventive measure. Achieving high coverage rates of influenza vaccine in infants and children is a priority to protect them against influenza disease and its complications. […]

Do you understand the appropriate use of pneumococcal vaccines?

Pneumococcal disease is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterium that has more than 90 serotypes. Most pneumococci are encapsulated in a complex polysaccharide (sugar) that forms the basis for classification of serotypes. Serotype-specific antibody to capsular polysaccharide is protective against disease. Most serotypes cause disease, but only a few produce the majority of invasive pneumococcal disease. […]

Research Shows Vaccines Do Not Weaken the Immune System

https://www.hindustantimes.com/fitness/dear-parents-take-note-multiple-vaccines-don-t-make-kids-prone-to-infection/story-gEWi1Hv5D9vzUMdG3P9R3M.html

Infant Hospitalizations and Mortality After Maternal Vaccination

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/02/16/peds.2017-3310?utm_source=highwire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Pediatrics_papetoc

Parents: 5 Things to Know About HPV and the Vaccine

Parents: 5 Things to Know About HPV and the Vaccine February 21, 2018 • By Dr. Abbey B. Berenson, M.D., Ph.D., Ruth Hartgraves Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics; and Director, University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health Parents, you can help protect […]

The Crisis of Cervical Cancer among Latinas

Cervical cancer is highly preventable. That is why it’s so alarming that Latinas are twice as likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer than other women. They also have the highest rate of cervical cancer among all women, according to CDC data. The big reason? Latinas are less likely to get regular Pap tests, which […]

018: What’s Next in Infectious Diseases? Antibiotics, opioids, and the flu top expert predictions

by Molly Walker, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayJanuary 04, 2018 Antibiotics, opioids, and influenza were top-of-mind as experts in infectious diseases looked towards what will be the biggest issue in their field in 2018. “The biggest issue in infectious diseases in 2018 will be the progressive occurrence of multi-resistant antibiotic infections that will challenge us to provide effective […]