Vaccines
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Improved supply chain, immunization rates key to global vaccination success
The key element to achieving global vaccination coverage goals may be improving vaccine stock management, suggests a recent report by the Centers...
Conference Coverage
Staphylococcus aureus vaccine tolerable, immunogenic in preliminary study
Key clinical point: A four-antigen vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus yielded durable functional antibody responses and no major safety signals...
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Progress toward measles elimination slows
The number of global measles incidences declined and measles vaccine coverage increased between 2000 and 2010, but progress toward eliminating the...
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Shingles vaccine protection lasted 5-6 years in autoimmune disease patients
Key clinical point: Protection against shingles appeared to wane between the fifth and sixth years after patients with autoimmune diseases...
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HPV vaccinations not linked to CRPS and POTS in young women
HPV vaccines do not increase risk of complex regional pain syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in young women.
Conference Coverage
AAP: Most parents develop vaccine preferences before pregnancy
Most parents know whether they want to vaccinate their child before the child is even conceived, a study showed.
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Quadrivalent HPV vaccine treats recalcitrant warts in preadolescent children
A quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine was effective at removing therapy-resistant warts from children aged 9-11 years.
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Genomic sequencing technology reveals weakness in malaria vaccine
Genetic variability in the surface protein targeted by an experimental malaria vaccine explains why the vaccine provided only moderate protection...
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Most pediatricians, FPs report vaccine refusal; 14% dismiss families from practice
Most pediatricians and family physicians reported having some families refuse vaccines and 21% of pediatricians reported dismissal from their...
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4 ways to mitigate vaccine pain (and one practice to avoid)
In this audiocast, Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, discusses 4 evidence-based interventions you can use to lessen the pain of vaccine administration...