Health Care Provider Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Adult Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Recommendations - United States, September 28-October 10, 2022
This report describes knowledge gaps and implementation challenges among health care providers in meeting pneumococcal vaccine recommendations. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - September 7, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
New students urged to contact their GP for meningitis vaccine
New students have been urged to ensure they are vaccinated against meningitis before starting university or college, after official data showed many remain unprotected. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - August 23, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Why We ’re Hearing More About Lyme Disease This Summer
It’s a common ritual of summer: with the warm weather comes more outdoor activities, and more encounters with disease-spreading pathogens. A summer favorite? In the U.S., the Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged tick. And with a new batch of celebrities reporting infections this summer—model Bella Hadid, singer Shania Twain, and actress Riley Keough—it’s worth taking stock of what we know about how prevalent Lyme disease really is, and the best way to protect ourselves from the tiny ticks that spread it.
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Source: TIME: Health - August 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Disease Source Type: news
HPV Vaccine at Age 9 Linked to Greater Series Completion HPV Vaccine at Age 9 Linked to Greater Series Completion
Receiving the first dose of the HPV vaccine at age 9, rather than bundling it with the Tdap and meningitis vaccines, appears to increase the likelihood that children will complete the HPV vaccine series.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Parents, Act Now: Pneumococcal Vaccines Protect Kids From Dangerous Diseases
Texas physicians have a message for parents getting ready to send their kids to daycare or school – make sure your children are up to date on their pneumococcal vaccine. The vaccine prevents infectious diseases that spread easily through a cough or sneeze in crowded settings. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is a ‘polyepidemic’ humanity’s next big threat? Childhood vaccine crusader shares concerns for future
By the start of 2011, the year epidemiologist Seth Berkley became CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the ambitious nonprofit had over its 11-year history supported the immunization of 288 million children in poor countries. But it also had a $3.7 billion funding gap between its plans and donor financial pledges. Making matters worse, an internal battle raged about how much it should invest in strengthening health systems versus more technological solutions, such as new or improved vaccines, favored by its main funder, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “It was a crisis,” Berkley says.
Berkley plans to step ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pneumococcal Vaccine Label Adds Injection-Site Risk Pneumococcal Vaccine Label Adds Injection-Site Risk
After reports of necrosis at the injection site after the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, an FDA investigation has concluded that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - July 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Serum Institute's multivalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine gets WHO prequalification
The Serum Institute of India (SII), world's largest vaccine maker by volumes on Wednesday said its vaccine to protect against the five predominant causes of meningococcal meningitis in Africa has been prequalified by the World Health Organisation (WHO), making the vaccine eligible to be procured by United Nations agencies and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACIP Endorses 20-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine for Kids
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) agreed unanimously on Thursday to include the 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20; Prevnar) as an option for U.S. children.
All 14 members voted in favor... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 23, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Increase in Meningococcal Disease Among Persons with HIV - United States, 2022
This report describes an increase in meningococcal disease cases among people with HIV during 2022 compared to previous years. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 15, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Meningitis Meningococcal Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
V114 Pneumococcal Vaccine Has Acceptable Safety Profile for Infants
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 -- VAXNEUVANCE (V114), the 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) containing the 13 serotypes in Prevnar 13 (PCV13) plus serotypes 22F and 33F, is well-tolerated and safe for infants, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Episode 3: Vaccines and Pediatric Pneumonia Episode 3: Vaccines and Pediatric Pneumonia
Drs Todd A. Florin and Richard Malley discuss the history, challenges, and future directions of pneumococcal vaccination, including expanding serotype coverage and methods of worldwide distribution.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics InDiscussion Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigerian State Winning War Against Covid-19 but Losing Children to Meningitis
[Premium Times] "Meningitis vaccine availability in Nigeria is far from adequate to vaccinate all those living in endemic states of the country." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Pentavalent Vaccine Candidate for Meningitis Makes Its Case
(MedPage Today) -- In a randomized trial conducted in the African meningitis belt, an investigational pentavalent meningococcal vaccine proved safe and with noninferior immunogenicity to a licensed quadrivalent product, likely paving the way for... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The Guardian view on the vaccine shortfall: tackling disruption and distrust | Editorial
Millions of children have missed routine immunisations due to the pandemic. But saving lives is about more than logisticsThe horror of the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it one small cause for optimism: the crisisaccelerated the development of new vaccine technologies, with the potential to protect against other diseases. Yet this leap forward was accompanied by a dramatic backsliding in the delivery of existing vaccines, with23 million children missing out on routine immunisations in 2020 and 25 million in 2021 – the largest sustained decline in three decades.The World Health Organization reports that more prevalent and...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Health Global health Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science World Health Organization Source Type: news
