Immunization - Adult Immunization News

• Vaccine Exemptions Up for Third Year in a Row, CDC Reports Although overall vaccination coverage is high, coverage could be improved in several states, including Oregon and the District of Columbia, the agency said.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Ebola Response Tightens in Eastern Congo as Seven New Cases Confirmed - Health Ministry Congolese authorities announced a ban on Wednesday on harboring suspected Ebola patients and promised police protection for health workers at burials, in a bid to fight back against local resistance to efforts to combat the disease.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• India on Alert as Zika Virus Hits Tourism Hotspot of Jaipur India has sent experts to try to contain an outbreak of the zika virus in the popular tourist destination of Jaipur, capital of the northern state of Rajasthan, with a close watch on pregnant women.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Genetically Modified Pertussis Vaccine Produces Lasting Response Monovalent and combined acellular pertussis vaccines made with genetically inactivated toxin produce a stronger and more sustained antibody response than those containing chemically inactivated toxin, a new phase 2/3 trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Will You Get the Flu Vaccine This Year? Despite a relatively severe influenza season last year, clinician vaccination rates remain flat.
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 2018
• Maternal Tdap Vaccination and Neonatal Immunity, Timing Key Maternal Tdap vaccination provided greater neonatal immunity when administered early in the third trimester, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• No Significant Safety Concerns With Bivalent HPV Vaccine, Study Finds
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Zimbabwe Vaccinates 1.4 Million to Combat Worst Cholera Outbreak in a Decade Zimbabwe has started vaccinating people living in urban areas to contain the worst cholera outbreak to hit the country in a decade which has left 49 people dead and infected thousands more.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• U.S. Working to Halt Spread of Diseases From Venezuela The United States is working with governments across Latin America to help prevent the spread of diseases like diphtheria and measles from Venezuela as refugees flee the chaotic country, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• WHO Plays Down Risk to Indian Children From Tainted Polio Vaccine The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that there was minimal risk of children contracting the polio virus in India from a tainted batch of vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• No Ill Effects With Prenatal Anti-TNF-Alpha Exposure in Young Kids Prenatal exposure to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha therapy does not appear to affect immune system function, growth or development in young children, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• UN Renews Pledge to Decrease Noncommunicable Diseases The UN held its third high-level meeting on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, renewing its pledge to reduce mortality from noncommunicable diseases by one third by 2030.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Most Pertussis Cases in Infants Tied to Unvaccinated Mother Overall, only 30% of pregnant women whose infants developed pertussis were appropriately vaccinated; stocking Tdap vaccine in prenatal clinics was tied to a greater likelihood of vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Older People With More Friends Do Better at Preventive Health Older adults with bigger social networks of family members and close friends may be better at staying on top of recommended preventive health screenings and checkups than their more isolated peers, a UK study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Fund Gives J&J, Oxford Experts $19 Mln to Fight Deadly Viruses A global coalition set up to fight emerging epidemics said on Thursday it would give up to $19 million to drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's vaccine unit and Oxford University experts to work on immunizations against three major diseases.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Flu Caused 80,000 Deaths in US Last Year Numbers released by the CDC today also show that 900,000 were hospitalized and a record-high 180 children in the US died from the flu last year. Clinicians can help the vaccination effort through key messages and social media, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• More Clinicians Should Get Flu Vaccination, CDC Says Although most healthcare workers received influenza vaccinations during the 2017-2018 season, vaccination rates were lowest for staff working with the most vulnerable patients, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• U.S.-Cuban Biotech Venture Created to Bring New Cancer Therapies to USA U.S. and Cuban research institutes said on Wednesday they were creating the first joint U.S.-Cuban biotech venture to be headquartered on the Communist-run island to bring new cancer therapies to U.S. patients.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• WHO Extremely Concerned About Ebola 'Perfect Storm' in Congo The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could worsen rapidly because of attacks by armed groups, community resistance and the geographic spread of the disease.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• GSK Vaccine Success a Milestone in TB, but Room for Improvement An experimental GlaxoSmithKline vaccine could prevent tuberculosis developing in half of those who receive it, making it potentially the first new shot against the global killer in a century, researchers said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018