‘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 […]
A one-month old baby in Pacific island nation Vanuatu became the first person ever to receive a vaccination delivered to medical personnel by drone. Australian tech firm Swoop Aero was contracted by the nation’s government to trial the system. Vaccines are typically difficult to transport around the island nation due to storage constraints and poor […]
Each year, influenza-associated pediatric deaths are reported. Young children have the highest death rates, especially infants aged <6 months. Increasing vaccination among children, pregnant women, and caregivers of infants may reduce influenza-associated pediatric deaths. Full article here.
By Cary Burke Wednesday, December 12, 2018 On December 7, 2018, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employee who was terminated for refusing to take a rubella vaccine was not discriminated or retaliated against, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended (“ADA”). See Hustvet v. Allina Health System, Case No. 17-2963. […]
By Emily Sohn December 17 My kids and I tried something different for our flu shots this year. Instead of making separate visits to my doctor and their pediatrician, we all went to the same place: our local Target, where the in-store clinic offered us each a $5 gift card for getting vaccinated. The visit was convenient: […]
Black adolescents living in the United States tend to receive the influenza vaccine at significantly lower rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to Florida State University researchers. A new study, led by former FSU graduate student Noah Webb, along with current graduate student Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Associate Professors of Sociology Miles Taylor and […]
Money is just the obvious obstacle. A few diseases, like H.I.V., so far have outwitted both the immune system and scientists. Credit Jens Mortensen for The New York Times By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Vaccines are among the most ingenious of inventions, and among the most maddening. Some global killers, like smallpox and polio, have been totally […]
By Lena H. Sun December 7 A national shortage of a new vaccine to protect against the painful rash known as shingles is worsening, even as the manufacturer announced plans this week to boost deliveries. Demand for the two-dose Shingrix vaccine has skyrocketed since it became broadly available in the United States in the spring, say pharmacists. The […]
LONDON (Reuters) – A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies. The deal, between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and a team of scientists at […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A private school in Ohio says its no longer accepting religious beliefs as an excuse for refusing to have a child vaccinated. In November, the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland sent a letter to parents, saying exceptions would only be made to children who are allergic to vaccines. “We recognize that there […]