Vaccines
Conference Coverage
Flu vaccine cuts infection severity in kids and adults
Recent U.S. data compiled by the CDC documented that children and adults who received influenza vaccines had fewer severe infections.
Letters from Maine
Supporting elimination of nonmedical vaccine exemptions
Legislation to eliminate nonmedical vaccine exemptions needs to be a top priority.
News
ACIP approves child and adolescent vaccination schedule for 2020
Minor changes in wording and design to child and adolescent ACIP vaccination schedule match updates to adult schedule.
News
ACIP recommends two options for pertussis vaccination
Updated language allows use of either Tdap or Td for pertussis booster, prophylaxis, and catch-up immunization, according to ACIP recommendations...
ID Consult
Flu vaccine: Larger impact on influenza burden than you thought?
Even the current modestly effective flu vaccines have significant benefit, protecting U.S. populations from serious disease and death.
Conference Coverage
One monoclonal dose gives preterm neonates season-long RSV protection
Conference Coverage
Cell culture–based flu vaccine maintains immunogenicity
A 2018-2019 commercial flu vaccine made mostly by egg-free cell culture performed as well immunologically as standard vaccine.
News
Vaccination rates generally high in U.S. children in 2018
The MMR vaccination rate fell just short of the recommended 95% vaccination rate threshold.
News from the FDA/CDC
Influenza: U.S. activity was low this summer
A(H3N2) was predominant, but it’s too early for CDC to make predictions for the fall and winter.
From the Journals
Interventions significantly improve NICU immunization rates
The researchers implemented five interventions and went from fully immunizing slightly more than half to almost every infant in the neonatal ICU...
News from the FDA/CDC
New York declares end to 2018 measles outbreak
Reports of unrelated measles cases in the state continue.