JCVI recommends chickenpox vaccine for all children
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that a universal chickenpox vaccination programme is included in the routine childhood schedule. The programme would use the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine and would include two doses at 12 and 18 months of age. This recommendation is based on evidence from... Read moreThe post JCVI recommends chickenpox vaccine for all children appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 15, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Clinical Latest news Paediatrics Vaccinations Vaccinations and infections Source Type: news
How Many Countries Still Have Endemic Wild Polio?
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Poliomyelitis is caused by an enterovirus virus which causes acute flaccid paralysis. It is transmitted through fecal-oral spread. “All three serotypes of WPV [wild polio virus] are highly contagious, although 95% of primary infections cause a transient viraemia [sic] without symptoms. Paralysis occurs in one in 150 infections due to invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) and damage to the anterior horn of the spinal nerve roots.” In the prevaccination era, infants and young children were most at risk. The inactivated (IPV, inactivated or Salk) vaccine and the oral (OPV, live-attenuated or Sabi...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 2, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Parents in England urged to ensure children get MMR jab amid uptake drop
MMR vaccination levels at lowest since 2010-11, figures show, with uptake of other key jabs also too lowParents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) after a “worrying” drop in uptake of key vaccines.Figures from NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show 92.5% of children had had the first dose of theMMR jab at five years old by 2022-23, the lowest since 2010-11.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: PA Media Tags: Children's health MMR Vaccines and immunisation Society NHS England Infectious diseases UK news Source Type: news
More than 40% of kids haven't had both MMR jabs in parts of England as uptake rates plunge to decade-low in wake of pandemic amid rise of anti-vaxx myths - so use our interactive map to see how YOUR area fares
Just 56.3 per cent of youngsters in that age group in Hackney, London, were fully-protected against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in the year to March 2023. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Three Victorian diseases on the rise in the UK - symptoms for you to spot
Scarlet fever, measles and mumps are still a threat today in the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
America's antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds
One-quarter of American adults said they believe the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism - a widely studied and discredited claim that emerged in the 1990s. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC: Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella-Zoster Virus Sections
Notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeking comment on the Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella-Zoster Virus Sections. These updated recommendations will help facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel who have been exposed or infected and may be contagious to others in the workplace. Comments are due by September 18, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
The Conspirituality of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
This article has been adapted from Chapter 23 of Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker. Copyright © 2023. Available from PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. (Source: TIME: Health)
Source: TIME: Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker Tags: Uncategorized freelance politics Source Type: news
General health advice and guidelines for pilgrims
27 June 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a list of recommendations that each pilgrim should follow. These recommendations are in line with the health requirements set by the health authorities in Saudi Arabia for pilgrims in the Hajj season this year.
Physical ability, chronic diseases and health education
WHO recommends that authorities at pilgrims’ countries of origin should take into account that a pilgrim should have minimum physical ability for Hajj. It also alerts to the high risk of infectious diseases in older people and those with severe chronic diseases such as ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - June 27, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Progress Toward Rubella Elimination - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013-2021
This report describes progress toward rubella elimination in WHO's South-East Asia Region. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 22, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
South Africa: Experts Stress Importance of Vaccinating Children in Wake of Measles, Mumps and Diphtheria Outbreaks
[Daily Maverick] In recent months, there have been outbreaks in South Africa of vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, mumps and diphtheria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
South Africa: In-Depth - Are Measles, Mumps, and Diphtheria Outbreaks Harbingers of Worse to Come?
[spotlight] So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases - measles, mumps, and diphtheria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
South Africa: Testing Delays Impede Data Collection on Mumps Outbreak - South African News Briefs - May 29, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 29, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: What You Need to Know About Cholera and the Spread of Infectious Sicknesses
[Daily Maverick] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is investigating the source of a 'diarrhoeal disease' outbreak in the City of Tshwane's Region 2, which includes Hammanskraal. Below is an explainer on cholera, diphtheria, gastro and diarrhoeal disease, and mumps. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
