Many Guilford students still need vaccines
Nearly half of Guilford County seventh-graders still need vaccines to attend school, according to an article in the Greensboro News and Record.
The students have two more weeks to receive the shots. If they don't, the students will not be able to attend school.
Parents of seventh-graders who haven't gotten the required immunizations for infections such as tetanus and diphtheria will get a letter home this week about the need to visit a d octor soon.
The Guilford County Department of Health and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 13, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Katie Arcieri Source Type: news
The Number Of Parents Who Refuse To Vaccinate Is On The Rise
A decade ago, the first vaccine against human papilloma virus was administered in Australia to help prevent several deadly cancers, including cervical, anal and throat and tongue cancer. Since then, the HPV vaccine has been introduced in 130 countries, and the number of new cervical cancer cases has been cut in half worldwide.
“In Australia there’s already been a 90 percent reduction in infections in the 10 years the program has been running,” Ian Frazer, chief executive of the Translational Research Institute, told the BBC. Cervical cancer in Australia is also dropping, according to the Au...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Tanzania: Govt to Import Tetanus Vaccines to Curb Shortage
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The government said Tuesday it would soon import a consignment of tetanus toxoid vaccine to address a countrywide shortage. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 2, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
More Teens Get Needed Vaccines In Blue States
(Reuters Health) - Parental politics may influence whether teens get recommended vaccinations, according to a U.S. study.
Dividing states into red and blue based on how they voted in the 2012 presidential elections, researchers found that in that year, adolescents in blue states were significantly more likely to have received three important vaccines recommended for 11 to 12 year olds.
“These associations are important because they demonstrate that there are broader forces associated with political affiliation that may influence acceptance of immunizations for adolescent children,” said senior author Linda M. N...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tetanus shots: Is it risky to receive 'extra' boosters?
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Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed
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Source: What's New at CBER - August 5, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science 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
The 8 Things Your Health Insurance DOESN'T Cover
Whether you’re looking to choose a new health insurance policy, going on Medicare, or are unsure of the details of your current health plan, there are several services that you may think are covered but in actuality they’re not. Knowing in advance what services you’re going to have to pay for can help you make smart health choices.
First, How to Get Coverage
If your employer offers health insurance, you’re generally all set. But if you’re leaving your employer or find yourself recently without health insurance (and are not Medicare age), here are your health insurance coverage options:
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Podcast: A patient as stubborn as me
Listen to the eighth episode of our Everyday Emergency podcast. Johanna Bosowski discusses treating her first patient with tetanus in South Sudan. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nick Source Type: news
Medicare Monday: Access to vaccines for older Americans
When you think about vaccines, you may not think about the need for them later in life, but vaccines for older Americans are a critical component of maintaining health as you age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our immune systems weaken over time, which puts older Americans at higher risk for certain diseases. Important vaccines for older Americans include the flu, tetanus, hepatitis A and B, pertussis (whooping cough), pneumococcal, meningococcal, shingles and more. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - July 18, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Vaccines Part D Medicare Medicare Monday Source Type: news
Yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated from India – UN health agency
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the elimination of yaws, and maternal and neonatal tetanus, to India and hailed its public health achievements as examples to other countries. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - July 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated from India – UN health agency
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the elimination of yaws, and maternal and neonatal tetanus, to India and hailed its public health achievements as examples to other countries. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - July 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lagos to Distribute Tetanus Vaccinations to Women
[Daily Trust] Lagos -The Lagos State government plans to distribute tetanus toxoid to all women of child-bearing-age as part of measures to reduce child and maternal related deaths in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 8, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Uganda Rolls Out Compulsory Immunization to Dispel Anti-Vaccine Myths
Women wait to immunize their children at the Kisugu Health Centre in Kampala, Uganda, where free vaccinations take place. The nurse in the foreground is Betty Makakeeto. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPSBy Amy FallonKAMPALA, Jun 29 2016 (IPS)Patience*, a Ugandan maid, planned on taking her three-year-old son for polio immunization during the country’s mass campaigns a year ago, until her landlord’s wife told her a shocking myth.“The medicine they are injecting them with means the boy when he’s an adult won’t be able to reproduce,” Patience, 32, recalled to IPS what she’d been informed. “She said: ‘Don’t even thin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Amy Fallon Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Population Poverty & SDGs Religion Women's Health immunisation Maternal and Child Health Uganda Vaccination Source Type: news
Small Febrile Seizure Risk Seen After Several Coadministered Vaccines
By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine — when coadministered with either a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular-pertussis (DTaP)-containing vaccine or pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) — carries a small but significantly increased risk for febrile seizure in young … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 5, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
