Vaccines
News from the FDA/CDC
ACIP releases updated guidance for adult vaccinations
Effectiveness of certain flu vaccine formulations may be unacceptably low in certain populations.
From the Journals
Model: Quadrivalent vaccine could cost effectively cut MSM’s HPV-related cancers
Use of a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in men who have sex with men would cost effectively provide herd immunity against anogenital warts and HPV-...
From the Journals
Statin use increases risk of herpes zoster
Statin use, as well as how recent statin exposure occurred, are significant risk factors of herpes zoster.
Feature
Historic HIV vaccine efficacy study underway in South Africa
The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in 7 years is testing whether an experimental vaccine safely prevents HIV infection among...
Article
The art of persuasion
Although generally more information is a good thing, too much false information can result in limiting health care.
Feature
Another Zika vaccine heads to Phase I trials
The candidate vaccine is known as the Zika Purified Inactivated Virus (ZPIV) vaccine and contains whole but inactivated Zika virus particles to...
From the Journals
Low parental confidence in HPV vaccine stymies adolescent vaccination rates
More than a quarter of U.S. parents surveyed refused human papillomavirus vaccination in their adolescents because of a lack of overall trust in...
From the Journals
2014-2015 influenza vaccine ineffective against predominant strain
The 2014-2015 influenza vaccines offered little protection against the predominant influenza A/H3N2 virus, but were effective against influenza B...
From the Journals
Unvaccinated patients rack up billions in preventable costs
Unvaccinated patients cost $7 billion in care for vaccine-preventable illnesses in 2015.
From the Journals
Dengue vaccine beneficial only in moderate to high transmission settings
Seropositive pediatric patients benefit from dengue virus vaccination, but vaccination of seronegative patients leads to an increased risk for...
News from the FDA/CDC
Four of five health care providers get flu shot
Physicians had the highest level of coverage (95.6%), while health care assistants and aides had the lowest (64.5%).