Vaccines
From the Journals
Why three strategies to correct vaccination hesitancy failed
It is hard to dislodge misinformation.
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Inactivated flu vaccine more effective than live version
Despite efforts to increase the thermostability and immunogenicity of the quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine, the inactivated vaccine...
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HPV vaccination rose after ACA implementation
Is there more that physicians can do to maintain the increase in HPV vaccinations?
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Minor measles vaccination decline could triple childhood cases
Slight decline could have vast impact.
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Maternal protection against measles steadily declines prior to vaccination
Maternal protection against some viruses doesn’t protect infants for very long.
News from the FDA/CDC
Vaccine reduced risk for flu visits by 42%
None of the thousands of samples tested showed resistance to the antivirals used in this year’s vaccine.
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Children with HIV benefit from double dose of PCV13 vaccine
At-risk children may need new PCV13 vaccine regimens.
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines modestly reduce complex acute otitis media
Substitution by GAS and widespread antibiotic use may have played role.
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Hexavalent hepatitis B vaccination mostly immunogenic 10 years later
Vaccine success mostly persists at 10 years.
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OMV meningococcal vaccine also protected against gonorrhea
An outer-membrane-vesicle infectious disease vaccine protected against a sexually transmitted disease.
News
Vaccination does not eliminate risk for meningococcal disease in eculizumab recipients
CDC advises vigilance for meningococcal disease in all eculizumab users.