Vaccines
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ACIP releases 2015-2016 flu vaccine recommendations
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HPV vaccine coverage continues to lag
Key clinical point: Rates of HPV vaccination in the United States continue to lag behind other vaccines commonly recommended for adolescents....
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Physician targeted intervention fails to reduce maternal vaccine hesitancy
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New HPV vaccine safe with meningitis, Tdap vaccines
Key clinical point: The new 9-valent HPV vaccine can be given with other standard vaccines in one visit. Major finding: No difference in safety or...
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More sensitive IPD definition improves vaccine cost-effectiveness
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No link found between vaccinations, IBD
Key clinical point: A meta-analysis found no link between childhood vaccinations or H1N1 immunization in adults and inflammatory bowel disease....
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9-valent HPV vaccine equally effective in adolescents, young women
Response to the 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine was noninferior in boys and girls aged 9-15 years, compared with women aged 16-26 years in a...
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Researchers pin down possible cause, source for narcolepsy associated with flu vaccine
Key clinical point:Nucleoprotein antibodies possibly explain influenza vaccine associated narcolepsy. Major finding: Patients with a history of...
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ACOG adds HPV-9 to vaccination advice
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists continues to urge routine vaccination for human papillomavirus for girls and boys and has...
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ACIP: Tdap during pregnancy optimal strategy for protecting infants
Based on the available evidence of the impact “cocooning” has on transmission of pertussis to infants, no changes are currently recommended in the...
Letters from Maine
Lessons from polio
Dr. Wilkoff reminisces about the polio epidemic in the United States when he was a child.