vaccines

Panel: Hospitals Should Consider Mandatory Flu Shots

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 02/08/2012 - 16:53

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- If hospitals and clinics can't get 90% of their employees to get an annual flu shot, they should "strongly consider" making the vaccine mandatory, a federal vaccines panel has voted.


 

China prepares for big entry into vaccine market

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 01:25

BEIJING (AP) -- The world should get ready for a new Made in China product - vaccines....


 

AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 11/28/2011 - 02:51

ATLANTA (AP) -- More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren't getting all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found....


 

IDSA: Younger Docs Less Sold on Value of Vaccines (CME/CE, with ...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 10/20/2011 - 17:33

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Younger doctors may be slightly less sold on childhood vaccination than their older counterparts, a researcher said here.


 

'Tweens Getting More Vaccines (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 09/06/2011 - 11:02

(MedPage Today) -- The percentage of 11- and 12-year-olds who receive recommended vaccines appears to be on the rise, but there is still room for improvement, researchers found.


 

Persistent immunity: Wistar researchers find signals that preser...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 08/31/2011 - 22:00

(The Wistar Institute) How does our remarkable immune system retain the ability to defend against viruses previously encountered?

While antibodies persist in our blood for only a few short weeks, our bodies retain the cells that make specific, successful antibodies for decades.

Researchers at The Wistar Institute have determined the protein signals that keep the memory of old viruses alive, findings that may aid in creating better, more effective vaccines.


 

Bird flu fear as strain mutates

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Mon, 08/29/2011 - 07:50

Avian flu shows signs of a resurgence, while a mutant strain - able to sidestep vaccines - could be spreading in Asia, the United Nations warns.


 

Autism Not Caused by Vaccines, IOM Report Concludes

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 08/25/2011 - 14:00

(MedPage Today) -- There's convincing evidence that some vaccines can cause some adverse effects, including seizures and brain inflammation -- but autism isn't one of them, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.


 

Report: Vaccines generally safe, some side effects

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:27

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare - and there's no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says in the first comprehensive safety review in 17 years....


 

Report: Vaccines Generally Safe, Cause Few Health Problems

WebMD Health  Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:18

Although fears about vaccine safety are common, the new study from the nonprofit Institute of Medicine finds that vaccines cause few health problems.