Articles Tagged With: vaccines
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As Predicted, Measles Returns in Unvaccinated
As this report was filed, a measles outbreak was underway at a Florida elementary school, prompting a bizarre letter to parents and guardians by the state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD. Ladapo has a history of taking antivaccine positions.
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Updated Recommendations for Pediatric Immunization
Just-released 2024 pediatric and adolescent immunization recommendations and schedules guide current vaccinations. Specifically, there are new recommendations for protection against COVID-19, dengue, mpox, pneumococcus, polio, and respiratory syncytial virus.
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Still Standing: Antivaxx Groups Fail to Intimidate Hotez
On Feb. 1, 2022, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, was nominated, along with a colleague, for the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to design and distribute a nonproprietary, free COVID-19 vaccine to impoverished nations globally. The very next day Hotez received an email with the subject line: “You will hang for crimes against humanity.” Hotez recently documented this harassment and attempts at intimidation in his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning.
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Double Trouble: Vaccines Lag, Virulent Mpox Clade 1 Spreads
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released two health advisory alerts only a week apart, one dealing with the “urgent need” to vaccinate people for seasonal respiratory viruses; the second warning that a virulent type of mpox (monkeypox) virus is spreading in Africa.
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Taming of the Flu: A 2023 Update on What Is New
The 2023-2024 influenza season is already among us, and healthcare practitioners on the frontline must have current knowledge of prevention and treatment strategies, particularly in our nation’s emergency departments.
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Misinformation: The Many-Headed Hydra
Social media platforms have become the Wild West of misinformation, and current indications suggest this is going to continue and possibly expand, said Donna Nucci, RN, MS, CIC, director of infection prevention, Yale New Haven Health.
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The Role of Influenza Vaccination in Cardiovascular Event Prevention
Researchers studied English patients with an acute cardiovascular event who received an influenza vaccine in the same 12-month period and compared that to the 120-day period after vaccination and the rest of the year. They observed those vaccinated were less likely to experience an acute cardiovascular event for 120 days after vaccine vs. the rest of the year.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine, Adjuvanted (Arexvy)
Arexvy can be administered to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus in patients age 60 years and older.
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Form Follows Function — Structure-Based Vaccines Make Progress Against RSV
In older patients who are at risk for severe disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), two new distinct vaccine candidates based on the stabilized prefusion F protein demonstrated efficacy and prevented RSV lower respiratory tract disease in patients older than age 60 years.
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Highlights of Updated 2023 Pediatric Vaccination Schedules in the United States
In February, the annually updated immunization schedule for children in the United States was released by several professional organizations. Key updates involve the inclusion of the PCV-15 vaccine and COVID vaccines, as well as new comments about other vaccines.