Immunization - Adult Immunization News

• Burundi Starts Ebola Vaccines for Health Workers -WHO Burundi has started vaccinating its health workers against Ebola, beginning with those near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Hepatitis A Races Across the Country The virus continues its march across the nation, with Florida and Philadelphia the latest areas to declare public health emergencies.
  Kaiser Health News, August 2019
• Federal Experts' Advice on HPV Vaccine Could Add Confusion A federal advisory panel says people aged 27 to 45 may benefit from the human papillomavirus vaccine, but some worry that the advice doesn't provide clear guidance about who are candidates for the vaccine.
  Kaiser Health News, August 2019
• GSK Ends Development of Ebola Vaccine, Hands Work to U.S. Institute
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Uganda Says Starts Its Largest-Ever Ebola Vaccine Trial Uganda has started its largest-ever trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine, an official said on Monday, amid fears of a potential spillover of the deadly hemorrhagic fever from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Pneumococcal Vaccine Safe, Effective in Adults With Stable HIV Pneumococcal vaccination is safe and effective in people with HIV who are stable on antiretroviral therapy (ART), researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Measles Surveillance Lags in U.S. Workplaces, Expert Says Monitoring for measles in U.S. workplaces needs improvement, especially in the healthcare sector, an occupational safety expert argues.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Philippines Weighs Re-Use of Controversial Dengue Vaccine The Philippines is considering re-introducing a dengue vaccine whose use it halted because of links to the deaths of several children, as authorities battle to contain a dengue outbreak that has killed more than 450 people this year.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Fourth Ebola Case Found in Congo City, Raising Fears of Faster Spread A fourth case of Ebola has been confirmed in the eastern Congo city of Goma, the government said late on Thursday, raising fears of an acceleration in infections close to the border with Rwanda.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Bangladesh Struggles With Worst Outbreak of Dengue Fever Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Deployment of Second Ebola Vaccine Would Not Be Quick Fix, Experts Warn The resignation of Congo's health minister in the midst of the country's worst Ebola outbreak could clear the way for a second experimental vaccine to be deployed. But the new shot would likely take months to win the trust of frightened locals and show results, health officials say.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Some Travelers, Lab Workers Should Get Japanese-Encephalitis Vaccine Travelers to high-risk areas and laboratory workers who could be exposed to Japanese-encephalitis (JE) viruses should receive the JE vaccine, according to updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• USPSTF Reaffirms Need for HBV Screening in All Pregnant Women All pregnant women should continue to be screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at their first prenatal visit, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said in an updated recommendation statement.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Congo Minister's Resignation Over Ebola Snub Could Unblock New Vaccine Congo's health minister resigned on Monday after being stripped of responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak, potentially paving the way for the introduction of a second vaccine to contain the spreading epidemic.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• U.S. Records 25 New Measles Cases as Outbreak Spread to Ohio, Alaska The United States recorded 25 new measles cases last week, bringing the total number of cases in the year to 1,148 as the country recorded its worst outbreak of the disease since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Britain Tells Canada and France to Pull Their Weight on Ebola Britain's international development minister Rory Stewart called on France and Canada on Monday to offer more help in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Ebola Spread to East Congo's Goma Massively Raises Risk: U.N. Ebola's arrival in eastern Congo's main city of Goma severely raises the risk of the virus spreading if it takes root in this metropolis near the border with Rwanda, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• U.S. Recorded 14 New Cases of Measles The United States recorded 14 new measles cases between July 3 and July 11, federal health officials said on Monday, signaling a slowdown in the spread of the disease, which has infected 1,123 people this year in the worst U.S. outbreak since 1992.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• U.S. Health Officials Record 14 New Cases of Measles as Outbreak Slows The United States recorded 14 new measles cases between June 27 and July 3, federal health officials said on Monday, signaling a slowdown in the spread of the disease that has infected 1,109 people this year in the worst U.S. outbreak since 1992.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Pfizer, Sanofi, to Boost South African Biovac's Vaccine Output South Africa's Biovac Institute will start local production of Sanofi's hexavalent Hexaxim vaccine next year and Pfizer's anti-pneumonia Prevnar 13 vaccine in 2021, boosting supply of life-saving drugs in its main market, its CEO said.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019