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Polio vaccine status unknown? What the CDC recommends
In its latest move toward worldwide eradication of polio, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines how to proceed when the vaccine...
Practice Alert
ACIP vaccine update, 2017
HIV infection is now an indication for meningococcus vaccination and HPV vaccine dosing is simpler for patients <15 years.
HelpDesk
Does giving a sweet-tasting solution before vaccine injection reduce infant crying?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes. Oral administration of a sucrose or glucose solution before intramuscular vaccine injection reduces expected crying...
Conference Coverage
Phase III trial: VZV protects auto-HCT patients
ORLANDO – An inactivated VZV vaccine for adults undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has proven safe and effective.
Conference Coverage
Zika vaccine development expected to last through 2020
Phase I trials of Zika vaccines are currently underway, but broad distribution will need more time.
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Sprint to find Zika vaccine could hinge on summer outbreaks
Can researchers develop a Zika vaccine in time for the arrival of the menacing mosquitoes?
From the Journals
Preterm infants at higher risk of pertussis
Lower gestational age was related to higher risk of pertussis in infants.
From the Journals
Inactivated hepatitis A vaccine shows promise in 5-year study
Can an inactivated hepatitis A vaccine increase HAV resistance in children?
Conference Coverage
ACIP approves minor changes to pediatric hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
ACIP approves minor changes to hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for children.
From the Journals
Pertussis susceptibility estimates call for public health push
Pertussis susceptibility estimates call for a public health push.
Conference Coverage
Study: No link between vaccines, inhibitor development
Pediatric vaccinations given near the time of factor VIII exposure are not linked with inhibitor development in patients with severe hemophilia A...