Vaccines
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Too few pregnant women receive both influenza and Tdap vaccines
About two-thirds of pregnant women did not receive both the influenza and Tdap vaccines during pregnancy, but strong provider recommendations can...
Case Reports
Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration: A Rare Reaction
Awareness of shoulder injury related to vaccine administration and a high index of suspicion are necessary to evaluate patients with shoulder...
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New measles outbreaks reported in Los Angeles and El Paso
Measles cases now have occurred in 30 states this year.
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New oral polio vaccine is noninferior to currently licensed vaccine
No safety concerns were reported for either vaccine.
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Recombinant vaccine cut herpes zoster rate in immunocompromised patients
In a randomized clinical trial of 1,846 adults who had undergone autologous HSCT, herpes zoster cases were seen in 49 and 136 individuals in the...
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Zoster vaccination is underused but looks effective in IBD
For men with inflammatory bowel disease, herpes zoster vaccination was associated with about a 46% decrease in risk of associated infection...
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Measles cases for 2019 now at postelimination high
“With a safe and effective vaccine that protects against measles, the suffering we are seeing is avoidable,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
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Postvaccination febrile seizures are no more severe than other febrile seizures
Vaccine-proximate febrile seizures accounted only for a small proportion of febrile seizures in the study.
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An HCV-infected population showed gaps in HBV testing, vaccination, and care
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NIH to undertake first in-human trial of universal influenza vaccine