Adult Vaccinations

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Getting your child vaccinated is a gift to others    CNN Children who are too young or too sick to receive vaccinations benefit from those who are vaccinated, writes Seth Berkley. Parents who choose not to get their ... https://cnn.it/2QYyo1L

Font Size: States should shift incentives to reduce nonmedical exemptions while respecting the choice not to vaccinate. Font Size: Measles is making a comeback in the United States. Despite the overall success of vaccination programs, local outbreaks of this painful and potentially deadly disease are now frustratingly routine. And measles is not alone; outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases have also been on the rise. The culprit behind these outbreaks is the decision by an increasing number of parents to opt their children out of state law vaccination requirements by claiming religious or philosophical exemptions . Once immunization levels in a particular community dip below a critical threshold necessary to establish what public health experts call herd immunity , contagion can take hold. What makes this loss of heard immunity worse is that children whose parents voluntarily refuse vaccination are not the only ones at risk. The absence of herd immunity also t...

As mayor of Bridgeton, public health and community wellness top my list of issues. I imagine it is the same for most mayors in their respective communities. I include in this general category everything from crime prevention, to recreation opportunities, to rising obesity rates, to ensuring clean drinking water.  One area that gets less attention by local officials but speaks to health and wellness is vaccines and the illnesses they prevent. I know there is division these days on the subject of vaccinations. I come from a generation that didn't question the safety of vaccines, perhaps because my generation was the first to not live in dread of diseases like polio, tuberculosis, measles, mumps, and rubella. I don't know much about the history of vaccines, but things really got rolling in the post-World-War-II period.  My generation saw vaccines as an unmitigated good; something that allowed people to live healthier and longer lives. We viewed vaccines as evidence ...

Abbreviation: MenB — serogroup B meningococcal Meningococcal infections can be fulminant and result in death only a few hours after symptom onset. The mortality rate ranges between 10% and 15%, and those who survive can have severe sequelae. 1 Globally, it is estimated that 1.2 million cases of invasive meningococcal infections occur annually and result in 135 000 deaths. 2 Primary prevention of disease through vaccination is essential for control of endemic and epidemic meningococcal disease. Serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) infections account for 65% of cases in infants in the United States (incidence: 3.3 cases per 100 000) and the majority of cases overall in some European countries, including England. 2 In 2014 and 2015, 2 recombinant MenB vaccines were licensed in the United States for individuals 10 to 25 years of age. 2 MenB vaccines are currently recommended routinely for high-risk groups in the appropriate age category (Category A recommendation) and may be conside...

ISLAMABAD: This year a huge gap has been observed between claims of the district administrations about percentage of polio vaccinations and children found with finger marks during third party audit across the country. A written reply of Minister for National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani, tabled in the National Assembly, shows that there was up to 10 per cent difference between the data of vaccinated children provided to the polio programme and the audit in which marked fingers were checked. The question was asked by MNA Seemi Bokhari of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. She had asked if the relevant authority had conducted a study to find out exact percentage of coverage during polio campaigns and if steps were being taken to enhance the coverage rate. The written reply shows that during a country-wide polio campaign in January, as many as 98pc children were vaccinated, according to the polio eradication programme’s data, but during the audit, it was revealed that only 88pc chil...

When you're a parent, keeping up with the latest medical science can be a real challenge. A lot of parents don't have the time or resources to dedicate to finding studies throughout the year. Staying informed is important, though, especially when it comes to topics like vaccinations. Here are five studies about vaccinations from 2018 that every parent needs to read. Keeping up with a kid's vaccination schedule can be complicated. Babies don't get every vaccination right after they're born. As outlined by Healthline, vaccinations are generally given over a child's first 24 months and many may be given in stages or doses. There's no federal law that requires vaccination . However, each state has laws requiring that kids who attend public schools be vaccinated against the following, as reported by Pro Con: diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (which is often given in a DTaP vaccine); polio (which is an IPV vaccine); measles and rubella (usually in a MMR vac...

ARTICLE OPTIONS CARTHAGE — Last year, the town of Wilna hired Justin R. Hall of Lowville, as its dog control officer. Prior to being hired, Mr. Hall held the position for three years in numerous Lewis County municipalities. Over the past year, Mr. Hall has provided 24-hour coverage for the town, including within the villages of Carthage and Deferiet. Currently the town of Wilna uses the Lewis County Humane Society to hold unidentified dogs, The dog control officer pointed out that animal cruelty is investigated by law enforcement through Article 26 of state Agricultural and Markets Law. “Dog control officers offer assistance in these cases. We are not investigators, nor can we issue tickets on abuse or neglect-type cases,” he said, noting his responsibilities include upholding licensing, rabies vaccination and picking up unidentified dogs. He reported to the town board at its December meeting he had distributed delinquency notices to pet owners who had not had their dogs licen...

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While most of us rarely think about rubella – a largely forgotten disease that should have disappeared with the “MMR” vaccine¹ – it was the focus of a recent Eighth Circuit decision this month. If you are asking yourself how this largely forgotten illness has anything to do with employment, we will tell you: because for Janice Hustvet, it resulted in the termination of her 15-year position with a healthcare employer. In Janice Hustvet v. Allina Health System , Case No. 17-2963, decided on December 7, 2018, the Eighth Circuit held that the employer had legitimately terminated Ms. Hustvet when she refused the MMR vaccine and failed to complete a respirator evaluation. Ms. Hustvet was an “Independent Living Skills Specialist” at the Courage Center. In that role, she worked with individual clients, all of whom were treated as having “compromised” or “fragile” immune systems. In 2013, the Courage Center merged with the Allina Health System, a large healthcare system. Following the merge...

With flu season here and reported incidents of deaths caused by diseases thought to have been eradicated by vaccines on the rise, many healthcare providers are considering mandatory vaccination of employees. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that healthcare workers who work directly with patients or handle material that could spread infection get appropriate vaccines to reduce the chance that they will contract or spread vaccine-preventable diseases. The CDC makes specific vaccine recommendations as to certain diseases affecting healthcare workers, including hepatitis B; influenza; measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR); varicella (chickenpox); tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap); and meningococcal. Some healthcare industry employers mandate vaccinations with no exemptions, while other employers support vaccinations but do not require them or require them but allow exemptions. While a healthcare provider may think that a mandatory vaccination rule is t...

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Enhanced influenza vaccines elicit greater antibody responses compared with standard-dose vaccine in older adults, findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis showed. “In order to address the poorer immunogenicity of influenza vaccines in older adults, a number of new and potentially enhanced vaccines have been developed in recent years,” researchers wrote in The Journal of Infectious Diseases . “These include the addition of adjuvants to vaccines, the inclusion of higher antigen content and the administration of intradermal vaccines.” The researchers searched PubMed, Medline and Embase for studies published through Dec. 31, 2017, of improvements in antibody responses as measured by hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assay associated with enhanced vaccines compared with standard-dose vaccine. They included 39 randomized controlled trials in the study. According to the trials, adults aged 60 years or older who received enhanced vaccines experienced significantly higher post-v...

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Health officials in Pakistan say an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid that began in 2016 has now affected more than 5,200 people, according to an update from the World Health Organization (WHO). The circulating strain of XDR Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, which is resistant to five classes of antibiotics, was first reported in the Hyderabad district of Sindh province in 2016 and has been spreading throughout the province since then. After health officials formally agreed to case definitions for non-resistant, multidrug-resistant (MDR), and XDR typhoid, a review of typhoid cases reported from Nov 1, 2016 through Dec 9, 2018 identified 5,274 XDR cases in Sindh province. The majority of cases (69%) have been reported in Karachi, the capital city of Sindh province, and 27% have been reported in Hyderabad district. Four percent are in other districts of the province. In addition, six cases of XDR typhoid have been reported in people believed to have travelled to P...

Pakistan Health Authorities have reported an ongoing outbreak of extensively drug resistant (XDR) typhoid fever that began in the Hyderabad district of Sindh province in November 2016. An increasing trend of typhoid fever cases caused by antimicrobial resistant (AMR) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (or S. Typhi) poses a notable public health concern. In May 2018, the case definitions for non-resistant, multi-drug resistant (MDR) and XDR typhoid fever were formally agreed by the Regional Disease Surveillance and Response Unit (RDSRU) in Karachi, following a review by an expert group of epidemiologists, clinicians and microbiologists from Pakistan. All typhoid fever cases reported from 2016 to 2018 were reviewed and classified according to these case definitions From 1 November 2016 through 9 December 2018, 5 274 cases of XDR typhoid out of 8 188 typhoid fever cases were reported by the Provincial Disease Surveillance and Response Unit (PDSRU) in Sindh province, Pakistan. ...