WHO: Progress towards global vaccination targets 'far off track'
Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from...
View ArticleActor Stephen McGann explains how issues of medical accuracy were addressed...
Actor Stephen McGann, who plays GP Dr Patrick Turner in the hit BBC period drama Call the Midwife, has described the steps taken by the writers, production team and actors to ensure the series has...
View ArticleNational Immunization Awareness Week launched by the Honourable Rona Ambrose,...
Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Dr. Gregory Taylor, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, launched National Immunization Awareness Week, which runs from April 25 to May 2....
View ArticleStudy analyzes attitudes and practices of general physicians in different...
At population level, vaccines contribute to reducing mortality associated with infectious diseases such as measles, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B or bacterial meningitis.
View ArticleCincinnati Children's doctors remind parents about the importance of...
Doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center want to remind parents about the importance of immunizing their children when preparing to send their children back to school.
View ArticlePennsylvania physicians examine back-to-school health, offer tips for parents...
As students start heading back to classes for the upcoming academic year, Pennsylvania physicians take a close look at back-to-school health and offer some tips for parents and students who strive to...
View ArticleNew combination vaccine may reduce number of injections for young children
A new combination vaccine may reduce the number of injections required to keep infants and toddlers up to date with the United States infant immunization schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease...
View ArticleOxis Biotech executes worldwide license agreement to develop, commercialize...
Oxis Biotech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxis International, Inc., announced today the execution of an exclusive worldwide license agreement to further develop and commercialize DT2219ARL, a...
View ArticleACP awarded $1,002,884 Cooperative Agreement to increase adult immunization...
The American College of Physicians (ACP) was awarded a $1,002,884 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to increase immunization rates in the United States.
View ArticleDiscoveries could lead to development of novel therapies to prevent C. diff...
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have obtained the crystal structure of a toxin from the bacterium Clostridium difficile ("C. diff") -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired...
View ArticleAlternatives exist to eliminate nonmedical exemptions for childhood vaccination
For more than 30 years, Mississippi and West Virginia were the only states in the country that disallowed nonmedical exemptions to mandatory school vaccination laws for religious or philosophical...
View ArticleAbstracts on colistin resistance and migrant health part of 300 late-breaker...
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) – an organization that explores risks, knowledge sharing and best practices in the fight against infectious disease – has...
View ArticleWHO outlines steps to close immunization gap across countries during World...
During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, the World Health Organization highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps countries can take to “Close the...
View ArticleDoctor’s access to vaccination data can improve pediatric immunization coverage
Exchange of immunization data between a centralized city immunization registry and provider electronic health records led to significant improvements in pediatric immunization coverage, a reduction in...
View ArticleTdap vaccine safe for mothers and infants
Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women in the U.S. as the key medical intervention to protect newborn infants from pertussis (whooping cough).
View ArticleResearchers develop new hybrid method to study HIV protein involved in...
More than 36 million people worldwide, including 1.2 million in the U.S., are living with an HIV infection. Today's anti-retroviral cocktails block how HIV replicates, matures and gets into uninfected...
View ArticleIndustrial chemicals exceed safety levels in public drinking water supplies...
Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems--polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)--exceed federally recommended safety levels in...
View ArticlePre-travel consultation can help international travelers to prepare for trip
International tourism exceeds 1.2 billion persons each year, with more than 20 percent of travelers reporting some type of illness.
View ArticlePeople in Europe are most skeptical about vaccines
The largest ever global survey of attitudes towards vaccines reported today that public confidence in vaccines varies widely between different regions of the world, with European respondents being most...
View ArticleTips to prevent back-to-school illnesses in children
The backpacks are packed, lunchboxes are filled and the little ones are back in school. Kids have returned to their classrooms with stories of their summer vacations, and, unfortunately, with a host of...
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