How to Get RSV Vaccines to Those Who Need Them Most
The world is entering a new era of vaccines. Following the success of COVID-19 mRNA shots, scientists have a far greater capacity to tailor shots to a virus’s structure, putting a host of new vaccines on the horizon.
The most recent arrivals are several new immunizations against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
These shots are welcome since RSV can be dangerous, even deadly, in the very old and very young. But the shots, produced by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, are also expensive, costing about $300 for those directed at adults, and up to $1,000 for one of the shots, a monoclonal antibody rather than a tradi...
Source: TIME: Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elisabeth Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized Drugs Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Begins Mass Hpv Vaccinations to Fight Cervical Cancer
[Ghanaian Times] Nigeria has begun a mass vaccination campaign against human papillomavirus (HPV) in a bid to drastically reduce cervical cancer rates. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Morphologic features on sonography predict metastasis
Morphologic features of axillary nodes on sonography are reliable indicators in predicting metastasis, according to research published October 24 in Clinical Imaging.
A team led by Anubha Wadhwa, MD, from Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, found that greater cortical thickness and the absence of a normal hilum had the highest positive predictive value (PPV) for metastatic disease.
“Using clinical history in conjunction with imaging findings will help improve the accuracy of axillary nodal biopsies, especially for incidental nodes detected on screening,” the Wadhwa team wrote.
Predicting axillary nodal status is ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
Nigeria: It's Mistake to Stop Your Children From Taking HPV Vaccine, Minister Advises
[Premium Times] The Nigerian government launched the HPV vaccine initiative on Tuesday for girls between the ages of nine and 14 years to guard against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause about 70 per cent of cervical cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Leading the Way - Nigeria's Next Steps On the Path to Cervical Cancer Elimination
[Nigeria Health Watch] Each year, about 12,000 women in Nigeria are diagnosed with cervical cancer, more than half of whom will die. This is an avoidable tragedy for a disease that is preventable, detectable and treatable. As longtime cancer advocates, we hope these devastating numbers will soon dwindle. Yesterday, Nigeria introduced HPV vaccines into its national immunisation programme, taking a critical step towards eliminating the scourge of cervical cancer from our country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Startup partners with Samsung to bring its health app to millions of devices
A Baltimore company will soon have its technology installed on every Samsung device, opening up a market of millions of potential users across the world.
B.well Connected Health will partner with the South Korean technology giant to bring its platform, which helps patients compile all their medical records in one place, to the Samsung Health app. B.well and Samsung will also provide health care advice to customers, such as reminders about vaccinations and cancer screenings, once the partnership … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matt Hooke Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cervical Cancer - Nigeria to Reach Over 7 Million Girls With HPV Vaccine
[Premium Times] The statement noted that a five-day mass vaccination campaign in schools and communities will be carried out during the inaugural roll-out in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Breakthroughs in Medicine - Top Virologist On the Two Most Important Developments for Africa
[The Conversation Africa] There have been several important breakthroughs in medical science recently. Crispr, mRNA, next-generation cancer treatments and game-changing vaccines are some of them. Oyewale Tomori, a virologist with decades-long involvement in managing diseases in Nigeria, gives his verdict on the most significant discoveries and what they mean for Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
South Asian Community Health Workers Say Their Work is Work
Community health workers demand to be recognised as formal workers with pay and benefits to match. Credit: Zofeen T. EbrahimBy Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Oct 19 2023 (IPS) “Professionally, I am still where I was 23 years ago when I started working as a lady health worker (LHW),” said a disgruntled Yasmin Siddiq, 47, from Karachi. “I will probably retire in the same capacity, as a Grade 5 government servant, without any hope for upward mobility.”
The idea behind the Lady Health Worker Programme (LHWP), the brainchild of Pakistan’s late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, began in 1994 with the purpose of “training women...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan South Asia Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cervical Cancer - Nigerian Govt Secures Six Million Doses of HPV Vaccine
[Premium Times] Mr Shuaib said while vaccination is the most potent prevention measure against HPV, women are encouraged to undergo regular screening tests for early detection and treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cervical Cancer - Ogun to Vaccinate 500,000 Teenage Girls Against HPV - Official
[Premium Times] The vaccine will be administered in all government-owned health facilities and temporarily fixed locations such as markets, schools, religious centres and communities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Experimental cancer vaccine clears four in 10 pancreatic tumors and prevents disease from returning, study on mice shows
In a study by the University of Massachusetts on mice, the shot 'cleared' 43 percent of pancreatic tumors and prevented the cancers from returning when they relapsed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can immunity from routine vaccines be used to fight cancer?
A University of Massachusetts Amherst team has demonstrated in theory that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine can be delivered into the cells of a malignant tumor to refocus the body’s immune system against the cancer, effectively halting it and preventing its recurrence.
The bacteria-based intracellular delivering (ID) system uses a non-toxic form of Salmonella that releases a drug, in this case a vaccine antigen, after it's inside a solid-tumor cancer cell. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - October 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Egypt becomes the first country to achieve WHO validation on the path to elimination of ...
9 October 2023, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Egypt for its unprecedented progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, becoming the first country to achieve “gold tier” status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. Achieving the gold tier means that Egypt has fulfilled the programmatic requirements that facilitate the reduction of new hepatitis C infections and deaths to levels that position the country to end the hepatitis C epidemic.
Globally, 58 million people are living with chronic hepatitis C infection. While there is no vaccine, the disease can be cured ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 9, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Quick takes: Novavax COVID vaccine effectiveness, COVID booster uptake, avian flu in two states
Robust infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at a comprehensive cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with significant decreases in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), researchers reported today in the American Journal of Infection Control. To evaluate the…#ipc #universityoftexas #andersoncancercenter #stricteripc #clostridioides #mdanderson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
