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Maternal vaccination against pertussis can protect premature infants
Maternal immunization in the early third trimester (from 28 weeks’ gestation) may protect premature infants from pertussis, study results found....
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Maternal vaccination against pertussis can protect premature infants
Key clinical point: Vaccination of pregnant women early in their third trimester may protect premature infants against pertussis. Major finding:...
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Navigating pneumococcal vaccination in adults
ABSTRACT With two nonequivalent vaccines available and different recommendations for different patient populations, vaccination against...
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Time of day matters for flu vaccine administration in older adults
A simple and cost-neutral manipulation of the timing of flu vaccine administration – vaccinating older adults in the morning – may improve...
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Time of day matters for flu vaccine administration in older adults
Key clinical point: Vaccinating older adults in the morning may improve protection from the influenza virus. Major finding: Antibody responses to...
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Maternal flu shot offers far-reaching protection
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HPV vaccine doesn’t provide herd immunity or crossprotection
Key clinical point: HPV types 16 and 18 have significantly decreased since the advent of the vaccine, but only among vaccinated women. Major...
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HPV vaccine doesn’t provide herd immunity or cross-protection
Key clinical point: HPV types 16 and 18 have significantly decreased since the advent of the vaccine, but only among vaccinated women. Major...
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Take time to talk to vaccine refusers
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Ontario’s infant rotavirus immunization program found effective
A Canadian publicly funded rotavirus immunization program was successful in preventing hospitalizations and ED visits for RV-specific acute...
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Flu vaccination cut hospitalizations in heart failure patients
Key clinical point: When heart failure patients received an influenza vaccination, their rate of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease and...