Adult Vaccinations

Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious cause of death. BCG is a vaccine given to infants and children in countries where TB is common. Now, recent reports are revealing it's helping more than just these vaccinated children. "It's estimated about a third of the global population is infected with tuberculosis," said Kyle Rohde, an associate professor at the University of Central Florida. That is why, for more than 100 years, the vaccine BCG has been used to prevent it from spreading further. But researchers are finding it's useful for treating more. It's been linked to better control of insulin levels for Type 1 diabetics. One long-term study discovered patients with Type 1 who received the BCG vaccine saw their long-term average blood sugar levels drop significantly for at least five years. And that's not all. It's also used as immunotherapy for treating early stages of bladder cancer. The body's immune system cells are attracted...

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Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:) has its acquisition of PaxVax, a company focused on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing specialty vaccines that protect against existing and emerging infectious diseases. With the closing of this transaction, Emergent acquires two marketed vaccines – Vivotif (Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a), the only oral vaccine licensed by the FDA for the prevention of typhoid fever, and Vaxchora (Cholera Vaccine, Live, Oral), the only FDA-licensed vaccine for the prevention of cholera. At the closing, the company paid a cash purchase price of ~$270M, using a combination of cash-on-hand and borrowings under its existing credit facility. Now read: for full text news in your inbox https://ift.tt/2CTwdnD

Cropped Photo: Phyllis Buchanan / CC BY-SA 2.0 10.30chickpox.jpg ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) —  Buncombe County Health and Human Services (BCHHS) Health Officials were informed Monday of a chickenpox outbreak involving 12 students at a private school in Asheville. Officials say they are also aware of at least one additional case of chickenpox in another child in the Asheville community. On Tuesday, BCHHS is attempting to work with school administrators to follow proper protocols for notifying the parents of children exposed to chickenpox, and exclude those children who are infected as well as those who have not been immunized or cannot prove their immunity to chickenpox. BCHHS strongly urges everyone in the Asheville community to be immunized against vaccine-preventable illnesses to avoid becoming sick, spreading illness and missing days of school and work. Chickenpox is easily passed from one person to another through the air by coughing or sneezing or through the fluid fr...

One of the key interventions in occupational health is vaccination, particularly to protect against influenza. Flu among healthcare personnel (HCP) can lead to lost workdays and can spread to other workers and to patients who are at significant risk of serious flu complications. Flu vaccination of HCP has been shown to reduce the risk of flu and absenteeism in vaccinated HCP and reduce the risk of respiratory illness and deaths. While we won't know what the vaccine coverage for healthcare workers was for 2018 until next year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that last season, 67.6 percent of HCP received their influenza vaccination. The agency found that during the previous two seasons, flu vaccination coverage increased by 10 to 12 percentage points from early season to the end of the season. By occupation, early-season flu vaccination coverage for 2017-2018 was highest among pharmacists (86.4 percent), physicians (82.7 percent), nurses (80.9 percen...

Peter Hotez Back in the 1980s, when I was an MD/PhD student in New York, I learned a lot about biochemistry and molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases. I also gained some understanding about the culture of science (mostly through diffusion). At that time, the culture said that directly engaging public audiences was a risky endeavor, and attempting to directly interact with journalists, even serious science journalists, was often frowned upon and potentially something that violated the professional norms of the scientist. Years later, in speaking with colleagues, I realized that I was not alone in my cultural immersion. Fast-forwarding more than 30 years, I find that the cone of silence culture in which scientists only speak and write for one another is still widely prevalent in many academic health centers. I’ve argued that such attitudes are, in fact, detrimental and have created a vacuum, allowing anti-science movements to take hold and even flourish. As evidence, I often c...

TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- People in Tampa Bay are not taking any chances. The demand for Hepatitis A vaccines is so high that one county ran out of them! In the past five days, 543 people in Hillsborough County have taken advantage of free hepatitis shots. Pinellas County ran out of vaccines and are awaiting a new shipment.  Hamburger Mary's worker tests positive for Hepatitis A; customers urged to get vaccinated Many people are rushing to get the shot after health workers shut down the popular Hamburger Mary’s Restaurant in Ybor City when an employee tested positive for the virus. Brandon resident Desmond Lewis doesn’t like to take risks when it comes to his health. That's why he and his girlfriend, who both work in the medical field, were at the Hillsborough County Health Department in Sulphur Springs Tuesday getting shots.  “I like to help sick people, I don’t want to be sick," Lewis, who works as an EMT, explained. “It’s important to be vaccinated because one person i...

If you work with the general public or in the food industry, then you should get vaccinated for Hepatitis A and remember to wash your hands thoroughly. This is the best way of preventing the spread of the disease, said Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Martha Steele. Whitley County ranks fourth in the state with 104 cases of the disease being reported so far in the county during this current outbreak, Steele said. The outbreak in Kentucky was first reported in the Louisville area in early August 2017, and has since spread to other parts of the state, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health. Due to the ongoing outbreak of Hepatitis A, the Whitley County Health Department and Baptist Health Corbin are encouraging the vaccination for everyone residing in the tri-county area. Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable communicable disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis A virus. It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a s...

Hepatitis A: How is it spread? Hepatitis A is a liver infection that is highly contagious. Find out how to prevent contracting it and what can be done if you’re exposed Some Cracker Barrel diners in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, may have been exposed to hepatitis A, health officials warned Monday after confirming an employee tested positive for the "highly contagious" virus. The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department — which did not identify the worker —  said  anyone who ate at the restaurant between Oct. 15 and Oct. 21 may need to receive a vaccine to protect themselves against the liver infection. HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK IN MASSACHUSETTS KILLS 1, SICKENS 64 OTHERS The health department said the investigation into the case of hepatitis A at the Cracker Barrel is part of a “multistate outbreak of hepatitis A,” though noted “most cases reported throughout the state have been person-to-person contact occurring primarily among people who are transients, those who...

One of the key interventions in occupational health is vaccination, particularly to protect against influenza. Flu among healthcare personnel (HCP) can lead to lost workdays and can spread to other workers and to patients who are at significant risk of serious flu complications. Flu vaccination of HCP has been shown to reduce the risk of flu and absenteeism in vaccinated HCP and reduce the risk of respiratory illness and deaths. While we won't know what the vaccine coverage for healthcare workers was for 2018 until next year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that last season, 67.6 percent of HCP received their influenza vaccination. The agency found that during the previous two seasons, flu vaccination coverage increased by 10 to 12 percentage points from early season to the end of the season. By occupation, early-season flu vaccination coverage for 2017-2018 was highest among pharmacists (86.4 percent), physicians (82.7 percent), nurses (80.9 percen...

October 31, 2018 Share this content: The public’s reliance on social media for vital information has and will continue to increase, and its influence on personal decision-making regarding health. Social media—the use of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to communicate and share content—has made our world feel smaller and more connected. However, these technologies also have made it easier create, consume, and share unverified, anecdotal information posing as facts. The anti-vaccine movement has proliferated over recent years, in part because of its most vocal proponents using social media to churn out often misleading information. The Rise of the Anti-Vax Movement Perhaps one of the most successful public health interventions in history, the advent of vaccines has led to the global eradication of smallpox, the nearly global eradication of polio , and a drastic decrease in the morbidity and mortality associated with other infectious diseases. 1 As a result, many p...

Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV) might develop after vaccination. However, this potential relationship is essentially based on case reports, and robust pharmaco-epidemiologic data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the effect of vaccination on short-term risk of IgAV in children. METHODS: We enrolled children <18 years old with IgAV seen in 5 pediatric departments from 2011 to 2016. Data on vaccinations administered during the year preceding IgAV onset were collected from immunization records. With a case-crossover method and by using conditional logistic-regression analyses, odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by comparing vaccine exposure during the 3-month “index period” immediately preceding IgAV onset to that during 3 consecutive 3-month “control” periods immediately before the index period. Stratifications by season, year of onset, infection history, age, sex, type, or number of vaccines were perfor...

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The discount vaccination clinic that was originally scheduled for Oct. 13 in Elfrida has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3. Dr. John, with High Desert Veterinary Service will be holding the clinic on from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Elfrida Fire Station located on Highway 191. Cost will be $25 rabies or distemper combo for dogs and cats (must be 4 month or older to receive rabies vaccinations); $45 combination of rabies and distemper combo. Rabies vaccinations are required by state law and must be given by a veterinarian licensed in the United States. By vaccinating your pets against rabies, you help protect yourself and the public from exposure to this fatal disease. Please keep all dogs on leash and cats in carriers. It is the owner’s responsibility to keep pets under control. Equine vaccinations are also available including the West Nile Virus. If you have a dog, cat, or horse in need of a vaccination, we hope to see you there. If you have any questions, p...

Forget the candy this Halloween. Get your kids vaccinated. That’s the underlying message of some recent news regarding communicable—and vaccine-preventable—diseases, just in time for trick or treating. For starters, there’s an ongoing rubella outbreak in Japan to worry about, and some concerning new data on influenza from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). First, rubella: Reports suggest that more than 1100 cases of the disease have been confirmed in Japan, mostly in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefecture. The CDC has issued a warning to Americans who plan to travel to the Asian nation, touting the MMR vaccine. The agency has also used the outbreak to remind women that rubella infection occurring during early pregnancy has been linked with miscarriages, stillbirths, and severe birth defects, including congenital rubella syndrome, in infants. There’s a need to do so, obviously, given the ongoing concerns regarding MMR vaccine uptake in the United State...

We should also be mindful that while chances of catching the disease, which is strongly linked to congenital deafness, blindness, debilitating and often deadly cardiac anomalies, intellectual disabilities and miscarriages, are now almost zero, thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Australians are still living with its consequences. An unimmunised expectant mother who contracts the rubella virus stands an 85 per cent chance of losing their baby or delivering a child who suffers from one or more of these serious side-effects. The first vaccine was not rolled out here until 1971 when it began to be administered to school girls nationwide. About one in every 1000 children (roughly 250 a year) born at the time was affected by CRS. 73 per cent of these suffered deafness, 40 per cent suffered eye defects, 26 per cent suffered congenital heart defects and 40 per cent suffered intellectual disability, microcephaly and cerebral palsy. Many, whose only mistake had been that their...

Patients with kidney failure and on dialysis who received the high-dose version of the influenza vaccine during the 2016-2017 flu season had lower rates of hospitalization, according to the results of a new study published in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology  ( CJASN ). About 30 million adults in the United States are living with chronic kidney disease , according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although most cases are undiagnosed. Individuals with chronic diseases are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from influenza infection, and those with kidney disease are recommended to stay up to date on vaccines including the seasonal flu vaccine to prevent severe flu illness, hospitalization, and death. To study if the high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine benefits patients on dialysis, investigators compared the number of hospitalizations and deaths during the 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 influenza seasons among more than 9000 dialys...

This weekend is the Lehigh Valley Health Network's 21st annual season flu vaccination clinic. It's free and it's convenient, offered in a drive-through format at two locations.  The clinic will not, however, offer the live attenuated influenza vaccine delivered by nasal spray, according to the health network. This is despite the nasal flu vaccine making its nationwide return this year after not being available the last two flu seasons due to concerns about its effectiveness. All vaccine will be injected at the 2018 LVHN clinic, spokesman Brian Downs. The clinic is open to the public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Dorney Park in South Whitehall Township and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. Visit lvhn.org to print and complete a consent form in advance, register online for a time slot and to learn more.  Similarly, flu vaccine will available by injection only at the free Bethlehem Health Bureau clinic scheduled 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 10 at East Hill...

One of the key interventions in occupational health is vaccination, particularly to protect against influenza. Flu among healthcare personnel (HCP) can lead to lost workdays and can spread to other workers and to patients who are at significant risk of serious flu complications. Flu vaccination of HCP has been shown to reduce the risk of flu and absenteeism in vaccinated HCP and reduce the risk of respiratory illness and deaths. While we won't know what the vaccine coverage for healthcare workers was for 2018 until next year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that last season, 67.6 percent of HCP received their influenza vaccination. The agency found that during the previous two seasons, flu vaccination coverage increased by 10 to 12 percentage points from early season to the end of the season. By occupation, early-season flu vaccination coverage for 2017-2018 was highest among pharmacists (86.4 percent), physicians (82.7 percent), nurses (80.9 percen...