Articles Tagged With: vaccinated
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Mumps in Vaccinated Children
Recent mumps outbreaks in the United States have involved vaccinated individuals without international travel. The genotype of the mumps virus circulating in North America and Europe is different than that of the virus used to manufacture the attenuated vaccine used in the United States.
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Reinfection: COVID-19 Vaccine Twice as Effective as Antibodies
COVID-19 vaccination is more than twice as protective as circulating antibodies in people who had a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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Providers Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy Among Staff
As the COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out in the United States, many healthcare workers refused vaccination. Reproductive healthcare centers will need to obtain staff buy-in as they begin a vaccination program.
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New Year Starts with Challenges of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
As the COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out to U.S. healthcare organizations, there will be challenges in access, logistics, and maintaining infection prevention practices. The first step is determining which employees are eligible for the first phase of the vaccine rollout.
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Rotavirus Vaccine and Hospitalization for Seizures
In an analysis of insurance claims for 1.8 million U.S. children with 2,950 recorded seizures, researchers found that the risk of hospitalization for seizures was 24% lower in rotavirus-vaccinated children.
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Vaccinated HCWs Can Still Acquire Measles, Expose Patients
Even workers with a history of measles vaccination or immunity should wear an N95 or equivalent respiratory protection when examining or caring for patients with suspected or confirmed measles, says Shruti K. Gohil, MD, lead author of a recent study on the issue and associate medical director of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
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More emphasis needed on vaccination for HPV — What is your approach?
A new analysis of national data indicates about half of girls in the United States receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the recommended age.