Young Physicians Don't Bear the Scars From Infectious Diseases of Yore
(MedPage Today) -- I am a member of the Boomer generation -- born between 1946 and 1964. We were the last generation in the U.S. to deal with measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and polio on a large scale.
My mother swears she almost went crazy... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 21, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Routine Childhood Vaccination Rates Fell as Misinformation About the COVID-19 Shot Rose
Anti-vaccine sentiments have been simmering in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and later retracted—a fraudulent paper falsely linking childhood vaccines to autism. They’ve grown even stronger in the past two years, thanks to disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Though the development of the COVID-19 vaccines happened at an unprecedented pace, they’ve been rigorously tested, and have proven both safe and effective. Nevertheless, falsehoods about them—that the vaccines contained microchips, that they would alter the DNA of recipients...
Source: TIME: Health - May 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
CDC Finds 'Concerning' Dip in Kindergartener Vaccination Coverage
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination rates among kindergarteners dipped below the public health target of 95% during the 2020-2021 school year, the CDC said.
National coverage was 93.9% for the two-dose measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, 93... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 21, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Why California Is Delaying Its COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Schools
California is delaying implementation of a requirement that K-12 students be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school, state health officials announced this week as the country grapples with a lagging COVID-19 vaccination rate among children.
Under the new timeline, California’s vaccine requirement will not take effect until at least July 1, 2023, and after full approval of the vaccine for children by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “to ensure sufficient time for successful implementation of new vaccine requirements,” the California Department of Public Health said in a statemen...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Education nationpod Source Type: news
Progress Toward Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Control and Elimination - Worldwide, 2012-2020
This report describes global progress towards rubella elimination. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 10, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Global Health Global Vaccination Healthy Living Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Travelers' Health Vaccines Source Type: news
If We ’re Going to Live With COVID-19, It’s Time to Clean Our Indoor Air Properly
As the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across vaccinated and unvaccinated America, and a shocking number of Americans are still dying, many are wondering what the coming months will bring, how will they continue to protect themselves from COVID-19, and when, if ever, life will really return to something resembling the pre-pandemic normal. The good news is that this pandemic will eventually end due to effective vaccines, infection-induced herd immunity, and the further evolution of the virus. The bad news is that like seasonal influenza, COVID-variants may be with us for years to come, and this will certainly not be the las...
Source: TIME: Health - February 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Edward A Nardell Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Schools Could Help More Kids Get the COVID-19 Vaccine. But History Has Some Warnings
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get information to parents and provide access to vaccines once they’re approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: schools.
As part of the plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the youngest population yet, schools will again take on a role they’ve assumed during health crises throughout American history: promoting vaccination to keep kids and communities safe from infectious disease. &ld...
Source: TIME: Health - November 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Schools Could Help More Kids Get the COVID-19 Vaccine. But History Has Some Warnings
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get information to parents and provide access to vaccines once they’re approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: schools.
As part of the plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the youngest population yet, schools will again take on a role they’ve assumed during health crises throughout American history: promoting vaccination to keep kids and communities safe from infectious disease. &ld...
Source: TIME: Science - November 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Recognizing National Immunization Awareness Month
Vaccines have played a critical role in reducing the spread of, and in some cases, eliminating the threat of many devastating infectious diseases. They are often cited as second only toclean drinking water in leading to some of the most impactful public health advances in history, including the eradication ofsmallpox globally andmeasles, rubella and polio in the U.S. Vaccine development has further advanced the study of human health including our understanding of human beings ’ own immune system. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - August 31, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Richard Moscicki, M.D. Tags: Research and Development Cancer Vaccines Coronavirus Source Type: news
Fauci:'Good Idea' to Implement School Vaccine Mandates Fauci:'Good Idea' to Implement School Vaccine Mandates
"We ' ve done this for decades and decades, requiring polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis," he added."So this would not be something new, requiring vaccinations for children to come to school."WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - August 30, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
We must not act as if Covid is all behind us | Letters
Ian Harvey urges the JCVI to vaccinate teenagers as schools return from the summer break, andAusten Lynch says the Covid death toll is still highScientific advice to the government has mostly been good during the pandemic, but the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is showing unhelpful signs of procrastination over the vaccination of teenagers and the use of adult boosters (Report, 27 August). It is also playing out its discussion via the media rather than in a timely fashion in private. Its doubts about vaccinating teenagers are said to centre on concerns about side-effects, the ethics of indirect bene...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 30, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science Vaccines and immunisation Source Type: news
GSK Files for Licensure of Priorix MMR Vaccine in the US
August 2, 2021 -- GSK today announced it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Priorix (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live) and is seeking approval for use in active... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - August 2, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Meruvax (Rubella Virus Vaccine Live) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 13, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Kenya in rush to vaccinate 4m children as measles cases surge
WHO reports measles outbreaks in eight African countries amid huge fall-off in jabs during CovidKenya has restarted its vaccination programme in an effort to tackle the re-emergence of measles, which has surged in the country during the Covid restrictions.A 10-day campaign against highly contagious measles and rubella has begun to target 4 million children aged nine months to five years in 22 of Kenya ’s 47 counties where outbreaks are highest.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Peter Muiruri in Nairobi Tags: Global development Kenya MMR Vaccines and immunisation Health Society Africa World news World Health Organization Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
Kenya: Kisumu Receives 171,000 Measles, Rubella Vaccine Doses
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Kisumu County has received 171,000 doses o support an ongoing vaccination campaign against measles and rubella. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
