The Toll Mounts From a Mystery Disease Some Call “The New Polio”
Carter Roberts’ motorized wheelchair didn’t arrive until the day he died.
It had been a long time coming and his parents had fought hard to get it. The chair cost more than $32,000 and the insurance companies wouldn’t cover it, so the family went to court. One insurer eventually agreed to pay for some components of the chair but not the whole thing. And then none of it mattered anyway. On Sept. 22, 2018, the Roberts’ doorbell rang and the chair was delivered. Also on Sept. 22, 2018, Carter died, just three months shy of his sixth birthday. He had been largely paralyzed for the final two years of his...
Source: TIME: Health - October 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Infectious Disease viruses Source Type: news
Survey: Many U.S. Adults Not Planning to Get Flu Vaccine
Vaccine knowledge and anticipated rates of vaccination even lower for pneumococcal disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 4, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Institutional, Source Type: news
Pneumococcal vaccines cost effective in elderly
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - September 30, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Meningitis B is rare but deadly. Parents who lost children to the disease wonder why no one mentioned a vaccine.
CDC guidelines leave it up to physicians to talk about the optional vaccine. But not all doctors do. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Elizabeth Richards Source Type: news
Double meningitis amputee pleads for university students to get their jab ahead of freshers' week
Mike Chinchen, 50, from Bournemouth lost his legs after the deadly infection poisoned his blood and cut off circulation to his limbs. He hopes students get vaccinated before the new semester. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccination Coverage Among US Adolescents Aged 13-17 Vaccination Coverage Among US Adolescents Aged 13-17
This report surveyed vaccination coverage among adolescents in the United States, with a special emphasis on HPV vaccine and meningococcal vaccine.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Hundreds of Detained Migrants Diagnosed With Mumps in 19 States
Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration system.
The virus sickened 898 adult migrants and 33 detention center staffers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report Thursday.
New cases continue as migrants are taken into custody or transferred between facilities, the report said. As of last week, outbreaks were happening in 15 facilities in seven states.
In response to the report, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said medical professionals...
Source: TIME: Health - August 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carla K. Johnson / AP Tags: Uncategorized Immigration onetime Source Type: news
Eritrea: Sawa - Seminar On Health Issues
[Shabait] Sawa -Seminar on the control and prevention of communicable diseases in general and that of meningitis vaccination program that is set to be conducted on the coming months of November and December was organized to the staff members of the Sawa National Military Training Center. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 21, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine: Who Needs It? When and Why?
The rules for pneumococcal vaccination can seem a little arbitrary. See what you know about the ACIP rationale behind these 5 recommendations for PCV13 and PPSV23. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - August 20, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Terry Brenneman, MD Tags: Immunization Immunization Awareness Month Vaccines Source Type: news
Nigeria: New Drug to Address Deadly Meningitis in Nigeria
[CAJ News] Abuja -Nigeria has introduced a new vaccine into its immunisation scheduled to curb the spread of meningitis that has left hundreds of people dead in recent months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 14, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Introduces Meningitis a Conjugate Vaccine Into Routine Epi Schedule
[WHO] Abuja, 12 August, 2018 - Nigeria has introduced the Meningitis A Conjugate Vaccine into the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) schedule. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 13, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Pneumococcal Vaccine Safe, Effective in Adults With Stable HIV Pneumococcal Vaccine Safe, Effective in Adults With Stable HIV
Pneumococcal vaccination is safe and effective in people with HIV who are stable on antiretroviral therapy (ART), researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Adult pneumococcal vaccination in US: uptake program favoured
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - July 31, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Maine Confirmed Its First Case of a Rare Tick-Borne Virus in Years. Here ’s What to Know About Powassan
Health officials have confirmed that an individual in Maine is sick with Powassan virus disease, marking the first time since 2017 that a person in the state has come down with the rare and serious tick-borne illness.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that a southern Maine resident was hospitalized for Powassan encephalitis—brain inflammation associated with the virus—after showing symptoms in late June. The announcement did not specify the individual’s current condition, but health officils doctors to stay vigilant about the potential spread of Powassan throughout th...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Maine onetime Source Type: news
