Rotavirus Vaccine's Success Influenced By Gut Microbes
Antibiotics boost men's responses to the oral rotavirus vaccine. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - August 8, 2018 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Human microbiome influences rotavirus vaccine response
(Cell Press) In a proof-of-concept study in healthy adult men, scientists in the Netherlands found that microbiome manipulation with antibiotics influenced response to oral rotavirus vaccine. They found higher levels of viral shedding in those receiving antibiotic treatment prior to vaccination compared with controls receiving no antibiotic treatment prior to vaccination. The study demonstrates that altering the bacterial intestinal microbiome can affect a vaccine's immunogenicity. The results appear Aug. 8 in the journal Cell Host& Microbe. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 8, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda:Health Facilities Run Out of Polio, Rotavirus Vaccines
[Monitor] Kampala -Parents are struggling to have their children immunised against polio and rotavirus after most health facilities in the country reported stock-outs of both vaccines. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 20, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa:Cracking the Cold Chain Challenge Is Key to Making Vaccines Ubiquitous
[The Conversation Africa] Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Infectious diseases like polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German measles), smallpox, mumps, tetanus and rotavirus used to be common around the world. Today vaccines can prevent them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 17, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What is the Interval For Non-simultaneous Administration of Live Virus Vaccines?
Discussion
Vaccines are a mainstay of infectious disease prevention and health promotion. Infants, children and adults benefit from vaccines the most when they are given on the recommended schedules. However there are times when this is not possible as children come to the physician a little early, or a little late, or had unavailable records and so received addition vaccine, etc. There are many questions that arise because of these timing issues such as the one above.
Standard vaccine schedules can be reviewed here.
Commonly administered vaccines includes:
Live-attenuated vaccines
Cholera
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 9, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Dr. Adel Mahmoud, Who Was Credited With HPV and Rotavirus Vaccines, Dies at 76
As president of Merck Vaccines, Dr. Mahmoud overcame doubts in developing vaccines against two threats to women and babies: HPV and rotavirus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DENISE GRADY Tags: Mahmoud, Adel (1941-2018) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination and Immunization Deaths (Obituaries) Gardasil (Vaccine) Cervical Cancer Merck & Company Inc Princeton University Rotaviruses Gerberding, Julie L Egypt Source Type: news
Dr. Adel Mahmoud, 76, Dies; Credited With Major Vaccines
As president of Merck Vaccines, Dr. Mahmoud overcome doubts in developing vaccines against two threats to women and babies: HPV and rotavirus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DENISE GRADY Tags: Mahmoud, Adel (1941-2018) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination and Immunization Deaths (Obituaries) Gardasil (Vaccine) Cervical Cancer Merck & Company Inc Princeton University Rotaviruses Gerberding, Julie L Egypt Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccination ... Postponed as a Precaution
Title: Rotavirus Vaccination ... Postponed as a PrecautionCategory: Doctor's& Expert's views on SymptomsCreated: 9/20/1999 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/13/2018 2:55:09 PM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - June 13, 2018 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Next-generation sequencing sheds light on rotavirus in Indonesia
(Kobe University) Rotavirus A causes acute diarrhea in young children, and infects both animals and humans worldwide. A Japanese research group has found that the acute gastroenteritis infecting children in Indonesia between 2015 and 2016 was caused by dominant strains of equine-like G3 rotavirus, genetically different from human strains of the virus. The findings could shed light on how the virus traveled to Indonesia from neighboring countries. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 31, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
WHO launches business case for immunization in Africa at the World Health Assembly
Geneva, Switzerland, 23 May 2018 – Today at the 71st World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the business case for WHO immunization activities on the African Continent 2018-2030,which outlines how WHO will support African Member States achieve universal immunization coverage.
While Africa has made tremendous progress in improving access to immunization, most countries are off track to achieve the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) target of 90% national immunization coverage by 2020.Every year, more than 30 million children under-five fall sick due to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs),...
Source: WHO EMRO News - May 24, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Three Rotavirus Outbreaks in the Postvaccine Era Three Rotavirus Outbreaks in the Postvaccine Era
This report details three recent outbreaks in California.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Recipe to Save 700,000 Young Children a Year: Clean Water & Decent Toilets
This study adds to the evidence that the lives of hundreds of thousands of young children could be saved each year if these pillars of development were combined with other health interventions.WaterAid and Defeat DD are calling on governments and donors to align child health and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, policies and financing to address this unnecessary health crisis more effectively and more efficiently. These investments create a positive cycle that builds human capital, strengthens economies, reduces future healthcare costs and contributes to national development.This July the UN’s Sustainable Develop...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Savio Carvalho Tags: Development & Aid Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
CDC Examines California Rotavirus Outbreaks in Post-vaccine Era
The CDC ' s April 27Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report examined three rotavirus outbreaks in California in 2017 and found mostly mild to moderate illness among vaccinated and unvaccinated children and adults. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - May 9, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Three Rotavirus Outbreaks in the Postvaccine Era — California, 2017
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 26, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Dr. Paul Offit receives the 2018 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) The Sabin Vaccine Institute has awarded Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the 2018 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal. Sabin recognized Dr. Offit as co-inventor of an oral rotavirus vaccine and for his leadership as one of the United States' most vocal and dedicated advocates for immunization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
