Pneumococcal 13-valent polysaccharide vaccination (PCV13) response in patients with pulmonary aspergillosis
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - December 12, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news
New Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccine in Older Adults New Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccine in Older Adults
Review recent changes in ACIP ' s recommendations for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in older adults.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - December 11, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Africa: Gavi Must Stop Giving Millions in Subsidies to Pfizer and Gsk for Pneumonia Vaccine
[MSF] New Delhi/New York -Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance should immediately stop giving millions of dollars in financial incentives to pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), said the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ahead of the group's board meeting in New Delhi, India on December 4 and 5. Instead, Gavi should use the remaining US $262 million of the US $1.5 billion subsidy fund to support the ro (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Chickenpox vaccine reactivates in two boys, causing rare meningitis more commonly seen in unvaccinated kids
Doctors described what they believe are the first known cases of meningitis due to reactivation of chickenpox vaccine in two 14-year-old boys who received both recommended doses, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Two teen boys become first ever to get meningitis from chickenpox shot
A new paper has discussed the case of two 14-year-old boys who were diagnosed with meningitis after the chickenpox vaccine they received as children allegedly reactivated. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eritrea: National Meningitis Vaccination Program Commences
[Shabait] Asmara -The National Meningitis Vaccination program and distribution of vitamin 'A' commenced today, 15 November in the presence of senior Government officials, representatives of UN offices in Eritrea and stakeholders. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 22, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
CDC: PCV13 No Longer Routinely Recommended for Adults & #8805;65
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 -- The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) is no longer recommended for routine use among adults aged ≥65 years, according to research published in the Nov. 22 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 21, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in children has led to sharp declines in pneumococcal disease among adults and children. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 21, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Immunization Immunization Schedules Malaria MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for children Salmonella Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Launches Campaign to Protect More Than 28 Million Children Against Measles and Meningitis
[WHO] Children in 19 Northern states to be vaccinated in largescale campaign implemented by the Government of Nigeria and WHO with Gavi support (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dangerous legacy of vaccine myths as one in three children have missed potentially lifesaving jabs
A total of 30 per cent of parents surveyed said their children had missed one or more routine jabs including MMR, flu or meningitis. One in four claimed this is for 'safety concerns' about vaccines. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Over 2 Million Children to Be Vaccinated
[This Day] Over 2 million children in Benue State are to be vaccinated during the 2019 integrated measles and meningitis campaign to hold from 16th to 23rd November, 2019 in the 277 wards across the 23 local government areas of Benue State. Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Board, Dr. Bem Ageda disclosed this during a media orientation meeting in Makurdi yesterday saying that both measles and meningitis immunisations so were to run concurrently. Ageda said a total of 1,108,990 children between the ages o (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Vaccine update: issue 300, October 2019, bug special edition
Topics covered include the Vaccine Evaluation unit, shortage of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23), vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status, vaccine supply for non-routine programme and vaccine supply for 2019 to 2020 Flu programme. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AAFP Query Prompts CMS Order on Pneumococcal Vaccine Denial
In response to AAFP concerns that some physicians ' Medicare claims for administering pneumococcal vaccinations have been denied, CMS has instructed Medicare contractors to cease local pneumococcal vaccination frequency edits. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - October 16, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Meningitis Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Meningitis
Did the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines help decrease the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Pneumococcal serotype trends, surveillance and risk factors in UK adult pneumonia, 201318
Prospective cohort study (n=2,934) found that the incidence of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia increased from 32.2 to 48.2 per 100 000 population, predominantly due to non-vaccine type serotype and serotype 3. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
