Vaccines
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HIV vaccine could prevent 30 million cases by 2035
Global cases of HIV from 2015 to 2035 could be reduced by more than 50% if a moderately effective HIV vaccine is introduced by 2020.
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Influenza vaccine is underused in children with heart disease
Researchers recommend the vaccine be part of routine fall and winter patient visits.
Conference Coverage
Parental reasons for HPV nonvaccination are shifting
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – It’s now significantly less likely that issues of sexuality will be on parents’ minds when talking about HPV vaccination....
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Infant hepatitis B vaccine protection lingers into adolescence
Does lack of residual hepatitis B virus antibodies from vaccines mean lack of protection?
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine beats Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia
PCV13 delivers knockout punch to pneumococcal bacteremia.
News
FDA committee approves strains for 2017-2018 flu shot
ROCKVILLE, MD. – A committee of Food and Drug Administration advisers backed the World Health Organization’s influenza vaccine recommendations for...
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DTaP5-IPV noninferior to DTaP5 plus IPV for fifth dose
Is a combination DTaP5-IPV comparable to the two vaccines given separately?
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Children with chronic conditions have poor influenza vaccination coverage
Should children with chronic diseases get the flu vaccine?
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Rotavirus vaccine and PCV reduce hospital burden of young children
Can rotavirus and PCV vaccines affect more than the diseases they target?
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In Oregon pertussis outbreak, unvaccinated children were affected earlier
Does timing of infection affect a pertussis epidemic?
Conference Coverage
ACIP debates adding third dose to current mumps recommendation
Recent outbreaks of mumps among two-dose populations has prompted a new look at adding a third dose.