(Reuters) – A measles outbreak that has stricken at least 225 people in New York state since October began with a traveler who visited Israel during the Jewish high holidays and returned to a predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Rockland County. A similar pattern unfolded three months later and nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) away […]
A new bill would ban the Texas health department from tracking vaccine exemptions — a move medical experts say would curb their ability to identify outbreaks. State Representative Bill Zedler, R-Arlington PATRICK MICHELS Texas state Representative Bill Zedler doesn’t understand the fuss over the resurgence of infectious diseases. “When I grew up, I had a […]
Chelse Spinner, Lili Ding, David I. Bernstein, Darron R. Brown, Eduardo L. Franco, Courtney Covert, Jessica A. Kahn Abstract BACKGROUND: Clinical trials of the 4-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine demonstrate high efficacy, but surveillance studies are essential to examine the long-term impact of vaccine introduction on HPV prevalence in community settings. The aims of this study were to determine during the 11 […]
AAP adds LAIV to 2019 immunization recommendations AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases. Pediatrics. 2019;doi:10.1542/peds.2019-0065. February 5, 2019 H. Cody Meissner The AAP’s Committee on Infectious Diseases has updated its childhood and adolescent immunization recommendations for 2019 to include the use of a live-attenuated intranasal influenza vaccination, or LAIV, in instances in which a child would otherwise […]
Rates of HPV-positive tumors are increasing among patients with oropharyngeal cancer in the U.S., regardless of sex or race, according to a retrospective cohort study published in Cancer. Additionally, gender and race are independently associated with survival in HPV-negative — but not HPV-positive — tumor status, researchers observed. “The ability to examine sex- and race-based differences […]
BY ROBERT PREIDT, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) — HPV vaccination rates for younger American adolescents are alarmingly low, researchers say. “While we have seen gains in HPV vaccination coverage, we are still falling behind at the younger ages,” said study lead author Robert Bednarczyk. He’sassistant professor of global health and epidemiology at […]
Flu Shot Beats Nasal Spray for Effectiveness in Children by Gail Connor Roche A flu shot was more effective than nasal spray in protecting children aged 2 to 17 years old against a widely circulating type of influenza, according to a recent study that included more than 17,000 young people from 42 US states. To reach […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has named people who oppose vaccination among the top 10 “threats to global health” this year. “Vaccine hesitancy — the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines — threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases,” such as measles, polio and cervical cancer, the WHO, the […]
HPV vaccine effective in reducing strains of the virus over 10 years by Peter Bidey, D.O., Updated: January 21, 2019 The old adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” could be changed to “A vaccine TODAY, can help keep cancer away” when it comes to new findings about the effectiveness of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) […]
‘Tis the season for gathering with friends and family to share latkes and gingerbread, but also for those dreaded colds and bouts of the flu. As temperatures drop, both illnesses start to tick up, as does the risk of taking you, your co-workers and loved ones down one-by-one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]