by Kasra Zarei The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been proven to prevent certain types of oral and genital cancers and other health problems. However, in a study published this week in Lancet Public Health, researchers found that more than half of the parents of adolescents who have not received the HPV vaccine had no intention […]
July 21, 2020 Given the COVID-19 pandemic, there are risks and difficulties attendant on requiring immunization of children to enter and attend school. During last winter, spring and continuing to the present, preventive medical visits, including those associated with the administration of vaccines, have been postponed to mitigate the risk of transmission of the COVID-19 […]
LONDON (AP) — More than 70 rich countries have signed up to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative intended to ensure that any effective shots are fairly distributed around the world – but which may also allow them to buy more vaccines to stockpile for their own citizens. In a statement on Wednesday, the vaccines alliance […]
(New York Times) By Denise Grady An experimental coronavirus vaccine made by the biotech company Moderna provoked a promising immune response against the virus and appeared safe in the first 45 people who received it, researchers reported on Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Moderna’s vaccine, developed with researchers at the National Institute of Allergy […]
(AMA, by Tanya Albert Henry) Telehealth is taking care of many patient needs, but with flu season nearing doctors won’t be able to vaccinate patients through cyberspace. And with COVID-19 continuing to surge, it will be more important than ever to vaccinate patients against the flu to reduce the number of people using the nation’s […]
Researchers studied more than 1.1 million youths and found that 2- to 5-year-olds who were born in September or later were more likely to receive influenza vaccination and less likely to have influenza, compared with those born in earlier months who had check-ups before that year’s seasonal vaccine was available. However, the findings in the […]
by Kasra Zarei, Posted: July 6, 2020 In Philadelphia, there has been a significant drop in the number of pediatric and adult routine immunizations administered since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, compared with the same time last year, according to the city’s Public Health Department. The Philadelphia Immunization Program, part of the city’s health department, […]
(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine candidates will enter late-stage clinical studies by the end of the month, with others beginning in August, September and October, the U.S. government’s top infectious diseases expert said on Thursday. The news comes as Moderna Inc (MRNA.O), which is at the forefront of the country’s vaccine development efforts, reiterated earlier in […]
(UNICEF) by Maryanne Buechner Today, relatively few Americans grasp the seriousness of polio, measles and tetanus, thanks to the success of routine immunization. But those whose lives have been touched by these diseases can never forget how damaging they can be — and how important it is to keep vaccinating. It was late February, 1960 […]
(NYTimes)- By Jan Hoffman and Ruth Maclean As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are readily prevented by vaccines. This spring, after the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned that the pandemic could spread swiftly when children gathered for […]