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Vaccination by the pharmacist: Practical guidelines.
Abstract It appears to be entirely appropriate for pharmacists to administer vaccinations if restricted to a limited number of vaccines and a well-defined set of recipients. Recommended types of vaccines would be inert vaccines with no contraindications, including flu vaccines, booster shots for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio, and HPV vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer. Recipients targeted for these types of vaccinations would only be adults and adolescents. In addition, pharmacist-administered vaccinations would not be recommended for pregnant women, people with immunodeficiencies, chronic ...
Source: Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Freney J Tags: Ann Pharm Fr Source Type: research

Historically, vaccines have had an unmatched impact on improving public health. Looking ahead, what are the biggest obstacles and exciting opportunities in the field?
Thumbnail: Tags: conversationsweek 9vaccinevaccinespublic healthmarla westonchristophe weberroberta debiasirobyn swirlingOpinionContributors: 1361136213631364Contributions: Read Marla Weston's bio Vaccination is widely considered to be among the greatest public health achievements in history. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has a long-standing policy in support of immunizations and we recognize the vital role nurses and health care providers have in the continued effort to increase vaccination coverage. Innovations in vaccine science continue to emerge; as recently, there was some exciting news...
Source: PHRMA - September 10, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephen Source Type: news

Get Vaccinated for a Healthy Back-to-school Start
By Stacy Simon It won’t be long before the new school year begins and students head back to the classroom - if they haven't already. Protect your children by making sure they are up to date with vaccinations. In fact, your state may require children entering school to be vaccinated against certain diseases. Check with your child’s doctor, your child’s school, or your health department to find out.Some diseases that are preventable through vaccines, such as whooping cough and chickenpox, are still common in the US. Thanks to vaccines, some other diseases are no longer common. But according to the Centers f...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - August 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Prevention/Early Detection Cervical Cancer Source Type: news

Mother ’s Milk and the Environment: Might Chemical Exposures Impair Lactation?
New mothers who quit breastfeeding earlier than they had wanted often chalk it up to not being able to produce enough milk. But a handful of researchers are exploring whether certain environmental exposures may affect some women’s ability to lactate.© Tony Anderson/Getty Images Lactation support includes teaching women techniques to breastfeed and build their milk supply, as well as reassuring them of their ability to nourish their infants.© Phanie/Alamy Stock Photo Education and counseling have been important tools in boosting breastfeeding rates, after decades of marketing mess...
Source: EHP Research - January 2, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: News Focus January 2017 Source Type: research

The ‘Stealth Move’ That Improved Michigan's Vaccine Rates
Just three years ago, Michigan had the fourth-highest rate of unvaccinated kindergartners in the nation. But when a charter school in northwestern Traverse City reported nearly two dozen cases of whooping cough and several cases of measles that November, state officials were jolted to action. Without much fanfare — or time for opponents to respond — they abandoned the state’s relatively loose rules for getting an exemption and issued a regulation requiring families to consult personally with local public health departments before obtaining an immunization waiver. The new rule sidestepped potential ideolog...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Humoral Immunity in Arsenic-Exposed Children in Rural Bangladesh: Total Immunoglobulins and Vaccine-Specific Antibodies
Conclusions: Arsenic exposure increased tIgG and tIgE in plasma, and tended to decrease mumps-specific IgG in children at 9 years of age. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP318 Received: 09 April 2016 Revised: 09 October 2016 Accepted: 24 October 2016 Published: 14 June 2017 Address correspondence to R. Raqib, Immunobiology, Nutrition and Toxicology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh. Telephone: 880-2-9827068. E-mail: rubhana@icddrb.org Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP318). The authors declare they have n...
Source: EHP Research - June 15, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Karla Gonzalez Tags: Research Source Type: research

Atopic diseases and airway-related symptoms in Bavarian pre-schoolers: determinants and association with immunization
ConclusionsThe present study is in line with the current state of research that MMR vaccination is not associated with atopic diseases.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - August 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

CD154 Expression Indicates T Cell Activation Following Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination of Horses
In this study we used tetanus toxoid (TT) as a well-defined antigen to characterize antigen-reactive T cells. Six healthy adult horses received a routine booster against tetanus with an immune stimulating complex (ISCOM)-based vaccine and were followed for 28 days. TT-specific serum antibodies were quantified by ELISA and increased in all horses by day 7 after vaccination. CD154 is an established indicator of antigen-reactive T helper cells in other species, but has not been characterized in horses. CD154 detection in equine PBMC by an anti-human CD154 antibody (clone 5C8) was confirmed by Western blots and then applied fo...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 13, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

What Immunity Do Breast Milk Antibodies Confer?
Discussion Breast milk (BM) has many benefits including its primary role providing appropriate nutrition for newborns and infants, which includes making those nutrients more bioavailable. While BM does not provide all of the nutritional needs over the entire year or two of breastfeeding, complimentary foods are important for furnishing additional nutritional needs along with helping development of appropriate taste and texture acceptance, along with oral-motor skills. Complimentary foods are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics when the infant is developmentally ready which is commonly after 6 months of life. ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 3, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news