Vaccines
Practice Alert
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine update
ACIP no longer recommends routine use of PCV13 in immunocompetent adults ≥ 65 years. Three simple statements summarize guidance on intervals to...
From the Journals
Two national analyses confirm safety of 9vHPV vaccine
Among 28 million doses delivered since 2015, 7,244 adverse events were reported – an event rate of 1 per 7 million vaccinations.
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Newborns’ maternal protection against measles wanes within 6 months
Despite findings of infants’ high susceptibility to measles as early as 3 months old, current epidemiological evidence does not support changes in...
Conference Coverage
Advances in digital otoscopy help improve AOM diagnoses
NEW ORLEANS – “The availability of digital otoscopy in the office setting may improve our diagnostic skills and...
Conference Coverage
Are you operating in the black when it comes to vaccine administration?
NEW ORLEANS – “Practices that have the discipline to maintain their inventories are inevitably the ones who are more...
Conference Coverage
Patients taking TNF inhibitors can safely receive Zostavax
ATLANTA – Investigators found no confirmed varicella infection cases at 6 weeks.
Conference Coverage
Tide beginning to turn on vaccine hesitancy
NEW ORLEANS – “Is it your inalienable right as a U.S. citizen to allow your child to catch and transmit a...
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Hepatitis C vaccine alters viral trajectory, but fails in chronic infection protection
BOSTON – First-ever randomized study does suggest changes in peak HCV RNA and an HCV RNA change after infection.
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Measles infection linked to impaired ‘immune memory’
Measles virus infection is associated with significant reductions in pathogen epitopes and antibody reservoirs.
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Measles causes B-cell changes, leading to ‘immune amnesia’
This leads to an increase of secondary infections after a bout of measles.
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Religious vaccination exemptions may be personal belief exemptions in disguise
A new study examines how rates of religious exemptions for vaccination differ when personal belief exemptions are available and what happens when...