Vaccines
Feature
How to raise HPV vaccine rates: Work together
Advocates say better collaboration among pediatricians and obstetrician-gynecologists is critical to raising HPV vaccine rates.
Opinion
Understanding the human papillomavirus
In her column, Dr. Emma Rossi reviews the fundamentals of HPV biology, epidemiology, and carcinogenesis.
Conference Coverage
Childhood vaccine trauma decreases adolescent HPV immunization uptake
Too many vaccines at once can result in needle phobia.
Conference Coverage
English infant quadravalent group B meningococcal vaccine pays off
MADRID – Invasive meningococcal disease cases are dropping.
Conference Coverage
ACIP approves new influenza vaccine recommendations
New flu vaccine recommendations focus on children and pregnant women.
From the Journals
If doctors recommend it, teens are more likely to get HPV vaccine
You recommend it, teens get it.
News
ACIP approves new hepatitis A vaccine draft recommendations
New recommendations from ACIP target susceptible hepatitis A populations.
From the Journals
Dengue vaccine appears safe, immunogenic in children aged 2-17 years
An investigational, tetravalent dengue vaccine appears promising in very young children.
From the Journals
Consider college immunization requirements when counseling about vaccines
Vaccine-hesitant parents who want their kids to go to college may be swayed by enrollment requirements.
From the Journals
MMR vaccine cut hospitalizations for unrelated respiratory infections
Combination vaccines may protect from infectious diseases that they don’t target.
From the Journals
Measles immunization is a major challenge in HIV-infected children
MADRID– Even after revaccination, one in four HIV-infected children remain unprotected from measles.