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(MedPage Today) -- Immunization of infants with the rotavirus vaccine has not only reduced the incidence of disease in the youngest patients, but also had the surprising consequence of reducing the incidence of diarrhea in older age groups, a national U.S. analysis found.

(MedPage Today) -- After a preliminary review, Japanese health officials decided on Tuesday to continue the suspension of two pediatric vaccines following the deaths of four young children shortly after immunization.

(Tufts University, Health Sciences) A promising new approach to immunization might reduce costs and enable thousands more people around the world to be vaccinated.

A team led by researchers at Tufts University developed a vaccine for rotavirus that can be administered through nasal drops.

The study in mice, published in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, induced a potent immune response and prevented infection.

(Harvard University) Public immunization efforts may be much more sensitive than previously realized to small changes in the perceived costs or risks of vaccination, scientists at Harvard University report this week.

In some cases, the spread of vaccine avoidance via social networks can make the difference between a minor, localized outbreak and an epidemic four times as large.

Children should be vaccinated on time because this results in better outcomes than delaying immunization, a study shows.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Immunization after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation leads to variable responses that leave many children susceptible to some diseases targeted by common vaccines, according to a study of response to reimmunization.

Vaccine for the H1N1 influenza pandemic will be distributed on a three-day turnaround time from four regional warehouses around the country next month.

The vaccine deliveries, expected to equal 20 million doses a week by the end of October, will be distributed among 90,000 immunization "providers,"...

The Gardasil vaccine appears to be safe, but doctors are not ready to mandate immunization

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (MedPage Today) -- Providing childhood vaccines is increasingly a losing financial proposition for many private practices, researchers said.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Major elements of organized medicine have banded together with voluntary health groups and an insurance consortium to raise the public's confidence in childhood vaccines in the face of parents' concerns over purported risks of autism.