Adult Vaccinations

Pregnant women receiving flu vaccine are not at increased risk of having a miscarriage, according to a new study. Members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) discussed the findings Wednesday in addition to flu vaccine effectiveness and changes to Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine recommendations. The study on flu vaccine and miscarriage was a matched case-control study of women ages 18-44 in the 2012-’13, 2013-’14 and 2014-’15 seasons. Results showed no link between flu vaccine during pregnancy and spontaneous abortion within 28 days. “The findings of the study then support current recommendations for vaccination for pregnant women in any stage of pregnancy,” said James Donahue Ph.D., D.V.M., M.P.H., senior epidemiologist with the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute who presented the data. The study follows two previous studies. One found an association between the vaccine and spontaneous abortion among ...

A new study of the 2017-2018 influenza vaccine is bolstering concerns about the effectiveness of egg-grown flu vaccines and could help to spur research into more effective alternatives. Investigators from the University of Michigan and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sought to unpack the relatively low level of influenza vaccine effectiveness during last flu season (40%, according to the CDC). To do so, they examined vaccination effectiveness through the lens of egg-grown versus cell-grown vaccines. The investigators took serum samples from 15 individuals shortly after they were diagnosed with A(H3N2) influenza. As a control, investigators took similar samples from 15 adults who were hospitalized but who were not infected with influenza. The team used microneutralization to measure titers against egg-grown and cell-grown vaccine strains, as well as a representative set of circulating flu viruses. The results add additional evidence to fears that egg-grown vaccines are ...

Melissa Stockwell, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; associate professor of population and family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Kristen Nordlund, CDC spokesperson. Ann Falsey, MD, professor of medicine and infectious diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine.  CDC: "Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, 2018-19 Influenza Season," Aug. 24, 2018. Vaccine : “Within-season influenza vaccine waning suggests potential net benefits to delayed vaccination in older adults in the United States.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : “Intraseason Waning of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : “Intraseason waning of influenza vaccine protection: Evidence from the US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network, 2011-12 through 2014-15.” Laura Haynes...

Many people may be wondering if they’re vaccinated following the recent measles outbreak in Vancouver. In fact, many are probably wondering which vaccinations they’ve had at all. Chances are that unless you’re still living at home, those records are buried in a box along with your baby books and your first locks of cut hair. But fear not, there are ways for adults to find vaccination records. READ MORE: Vancouver measles outbreak prompts vaccine vigilance on Island First and foremost, adults can check in with their current and former family doctors to check in on which vaccinations they’ve had. If you’re part of the large portion of B.C. residents that don’t have a family doctor but were immunized at school or at local health unit, you can contact your local health unit for your records. ALSO READ: Sooke School trustee and VIHA both call for vaccine education in schools Additionally, a small amount of vaccinations can also be detected by anti-bodies found in blood tests. If th...

An Indianapolis mother, who was previously found to be in contempt of court for trying to circumvent the custody agreement that required her daughter be vaccinated, was found to have “knowingly and willfully” violated an Indiana Court of Appeals order that gave the father the sole ability make decisions about vaccinating the child. Marion Superior Judge Heather Welch issued the order Tuesday, denying the mother’s motion to modify legal custody as it pertains to vaccinations. The mother, S.W., entered into an Agreed Decree of Paternity with the father, J.B., after the pair had a child out of wedlock. Under the terms of the decree, the child would be vaccinated if she enrolled in a school that required all students to be immunized. Without the father’s consent, the mother signed a form claiming a religious objection to vaccinations and the child began attending the school unvaccinated. In In Re the Paternity of: G.G.B.W., a Minor Child, J.B. v. S.W. , 49A04-1611-JP-2474, the Indiana ...

By Paidamoyo Chipunza About 325 000 residents between the ages of six months and 45 years from nine selected high-density and typhoid-burdened suburbs in Harare will from Monday start receiving vaccinations against typhoid, making Zimbabwe the first country in Africa to vaccinate against typhoid, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. Addressing journalists at a Press conference held in Harare yesterday, Dr Moyo said this mass vaccination followed evidence that typhoid was becoming endemic in some parts of Harare, with seasonal peaks between October and March of each year since 2010. Dr Moyo said the nine typhoid hot spots that are being targeted are Mufakose, Budiriro, Glen View, Glen Norah, Kuwadzana, Mbare, Hatcliffe, Hopley and Dzivarasekwa. He said in Mbare, the vaccination will cover residents between the ages of six months and 48 years, while the rest of the vaccination in other suburbs will cover children between six months and 15 years. "We have hi...

By Tendayi Gudo Despite a recommendation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that typhoid vaccines be considered for the control of endemic disease and outbreaks, uptake has remained limited in certain pockets of society including the Apostolic Sect. Apostolic Women Empowerment Trust (AWET) works with all Apostolic groups and is very much aware of the risks that the Apostolic community faces with regards to typhoid. The Apostolic sect constitutes plus 38 percent of the total Zimbabwean population and is among the high incidence groups. Therefore, targeted interventions have been done and are still being done in Apostolic communities to help raise awareness on typhoid as a way of enhancing behaviour change. Studies suggest that vaccines alone are unlikely to eliminate endemic disease in the short to medium term without sustained, long term behavioural change. While vaccines can reduce disease burden substantially when introduced it is only effective when it is coupled with impro...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Anti-vaccination conspiracy theories thrive on Amazon    CNN Amid a growing measles outbreak in the United States, the role of powerful tech companies like YouTube and Facebook in spreading vaccine misinformation is ... https://ift.tt/2BRx1Is

We are in the midst of one of the largest measles outbreaks in decades, in large part due to multiple pockets of communities refusing vaccination for their children.  We are also in the midst of flu season , where thousands have developed complications, and many have died, also in large part due to absence of vaccination. Despite countless large studies demonstrating that vaccination is safe and effective, anti-vaccination rhetoric continues to contaminate online communities, leading to deadly outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. If an individual receives a measles vaccine between ages 12 and 15 months, followed by a booster shot at age 5 years, the likelihood of the vaccine being effective, meaning that even if exposed to measles one is immune, is greater than 98%. If an individual received a flu vaccine this season, the effectiveness is closer to 50-60%, but flu cases in those who were immunized will be much milder than those who have not been immunized. All of the dea...

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suggested Wednesday he would veto legislation that critics say would lead to fewer immunizations. "I'm pro vaccination. I'm anti-measles," Ducey told reporters. Ducey said vaccines are good for children and helpful for public health. "I'm not going to sign any law that doesn't' promote or extend vaccinations in the state of Arizona," the Republican governor said. "We want to see more of our kids being vaccinated rather than fewer." Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to the Miami Herald #ReadLocal A state House committee last week approved three bills that doctors and public health officials say would confuse parents, add unnecessary steps for doctors and ultimately reduce the rate of children receiving immunizations. The measures are supported by people who doubt the scientific consensus that vaccines are safe and effective. One bill would create a religious exemption f...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - Type in "vaccines" or "vaccinations" in your Pinterest search browser and you'll get this message: "Sorry, we couldn't find any Pins for this search." That's because the social media company banned all vaccination-related content from its site in an effort to curb the spread of misinformation. The move renewed the debate not only on vaccinations, but also on censorship. Social media websites have faced scrutiny recently for their attempts to "control the conversation." Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified in a Congressional hearing in September of 2018 , answering to accusations of political censorship and mishandling the regulation of hate speech. Both Dorsey and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg also testified in a separate congressional hearing regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. Pinterest's recent content ban has been lauded by public health advocates as a step in the right...

Please enable Javascript to watch this video CLEVELAND -- Cases of a highly contagious disease, once thought to be eradicated, are on the rise in the United States. Health experts warn that some adults, already vaccinated against measles may still be at risk of contracting it. "Pretty much everybody born before 1956 was exposed to the measles virus and therefore they have immunity. Those people generally do not need to worry about being vaccinated again," said Dr. Roy Buchinsky, Director of Wellness for University Hospitals , based at the Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood. However, Dr. Buchinsky said anyone born in the late 1950s through the 1960s might need another measles vaccination, even if they received one as a child. "That vaccine was not as effective as the current MMR vaccine. As a result, people may have been vaccinated, but they may not have immunity," he said. So far in 2019, there have been 159 reported cases of measles in the United States...

By Karen Dandurantnews@seacoastonline.com PORTSMOUTH — While some states are seeing outbreaks of measles, prompting the federal government to look at state vaccination exemption rules, it has not been seen on the Seacoast. Dr. David Itkin, infectious disease specialist at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, said each state sets its own exemptions for who may opt out of the measles vaccine and while the federal government has not yet made the decision to intervene, he feels it may be a discussion worth having. “Measles is perhaps the most effectively spread of our respiratory viruses,” said Itkin. “In a susceptible group, 90 percent will catch it. It’s incredibly contagious. I think the leniency of allowing a philosophical exemption has enabled this disease to reemerge, where it was once gone.” Dr. Benjamin Chan, New Hampshire's state epidemiologist, said measles was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, but not abroad. He agrees the reemergence calls for discussion among ...

EATON —  A fast-food worker tested positive for hepatitis A, Preble County Public Health announced today. The employee cannot return to work at the KFC restaurant, 1200 N. Barron St. in Eaton, until the worker is cleared by the health department. Preble County Public Health is providing vaccinations to the workers at KFC and none are currently ill. As an additional precaution, the restaurant has taken proactive steps, including deep cleaning and sanitizing the restaurant. Although the risk to customers is “extremely low,” as a precaution the health department is asking anyone who has eaten at that KFC between Feb. 9 and Feb. 20 to monitor for symptoms of the virus for up to 50 days. The disease, which affects the liver, can be spread through eating or drinking contaminated food. Symptoms of hepatitis A include: fatigue low appetite stomach pain nausea clay-colored stools jaundice (yellowish color to the skin and eyes) A vaccine can protect you f...

BOISE — Public health officials say there has been a spike of Hepatitis A cases in the Boise area, with six cases reported among Ada and Elmore County residents since the first of the year. Normally, the area sees just one or two cases a year. The Idaho Statesman reports the Central District Health Department sent a bulletin to health care providers in the region Tuesday, warning that the infections are being spread locally. All of the six patients so far are men between the ages of 30 and 60. Hepatitis A causes inflammation of the liver and is typically spread person-to-person through fecal-oral transmission. It can spread through food that has been handled by someone with Hepatitis A or through contact with someone infected with the illness. Symptoms include nausea, lack of appetite, fever, and abdominal pain. It can also cause jaundice, which presents as yellow-tinged skin and eyes. Hepatitis A can be prevented by a vaccine. (by Associated Press) https://ift.tt/2Tlaw8M...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Hepatitis A spikes in Louisiana    KPLC Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver disease caused by the HAV. The numbers of those infected have spiked in Louisiana. https://ift.tt/2EEgaL1

Media Releases › Imugene Limited SYDNEY, Australia, 28 February 2019: Imugene Limited (ASX:IMU), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company, today announced Professor Ursula Wiedermann will present on the HER-Vaxx cancer vaccine at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2019 Annual Meeting. The poster (abstract number 8249) will be presented by Prof Wiedermann, the co-inventor of the HER-Vaxx cancer vaccine and member of the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board, at the AACR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia scheduled for March 29 to April 3, 2019. The abstract presentation is entitled ‘A Phase Ib open label multicenter study with a HER2/neu peptide vaccine administered with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine chemotherapy shows safety, immunogenicity and clinical response in patients with HER2/Neu overexpressing advanced cancer of the stomach.’ For further information please download PDF attached: Download this document https://ift.tt/2C6RYzt

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Whether or not to vaccinate children against measles by using the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) shot was a debate in Washington Wednesday. Two of the nation’s leading health experts, who expressed confusion at the growing numbers of people choosing not to vaccinate against measles, testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Nancy Messonnier believe a spread of misinformation among those pockets of people against vaccinating is the culprit. A common argument from anti-vaxx groups is that the vaccine can cause brain swelling in children. The two health officials clarified that in rare instances with underlying immune deficiencies, an MMR vaccine is not recommended. Dr. Messonnier says a doctor would be able to determine if a child fell into that category. Amid the national debate, a Texas state representative is now pushing for legislation that would allow more parents to opt out of vaccines, arguing to the Texas Observer that if a chil...

Doctors recommend that children get their first dose of the MMR vaccine between 12 and 15 months of age. (Photo courtesy Pixnio.com) Measles is more than just a little rash. The highly contagious virus can pack a serious punch, landing as many as one in four infected people in the hospital and killing one in 1,000. The peak season in temperate climates starts about now, in late winter and early spring. Widespread immunization all but eliminated measles from the United States by the year 2000. But the disease has seen a resurgence in recent years, thanks in part to lower immunization rates driven by parents who claim religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory childhood vaccinations. These requests for exemptions are often based on unfounded safety concerns, including the fear that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism — a link made by a 1998 article in the scientific journal The Lancet. The article has since been retracted , and the link has been debunke...

Advertisement A sum of 31 children were assessed to quantify the efficiency of MMR vaccine in the treatment of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Investigators treated 15 individuals in the intervention group with local application MMR vaccine on the lesion after surgery whereas 16 subjects in the control group were managed with surgical excision alone. They noticed (9.56 ± 11.03) × 10 8 copies/ml viral load of the intervention group and (22.01 ± 17.78) × 10 8 copies/ml in the control group with a significant difference between the 2 groups after treatment with the MMR vaccine. They reported a significant reduction in HPV viral load with local application MMR vaccine as adjuvant therapy. Read the full article on European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology arrrbdsqwyxryswaydwqsra https://ift.tt/2H5OHUc

An article shared 72,000 times on Facebook says courts have admitted that “vaccines do in fact cause autism”. The claim is false; a US court did award compensation to children who fell ill after vaccinations, but from brain injury and not from autism. The article by Alternative News Network dates from May 29, 2017 and has been shared thousands of times on Facebook pages including ‘Illuminati Exposed (This is the resistance)’, which has more than one million followers. A screenshot taken on February 26, 2019 of the misleading article The article headlined ‘Courts quietly confirm MMR vaccine causes autism’ says: “courts, governments and vaccine manufacturers have quietly conceded the fact that the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine most likely does cause autism and stomach diseases”. It repeats claims published in a 2013 article by The Liberty Beacon website. A second  article  citing The Liberty Beacon is also circulating in French. “Pharmaceutical companie...

An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a “very concerning” development in the ongoing fight against misinformation, Ontario’s health minister said Wednesday. Christine Elliott expressed fundamental disagreement with the billboard ads paid for by Vaccination Choice Canada, an advocacy group that describes its mandate as ensuring people are fully informed and educated about immunizations for themselves and their children. The campaign, which rolled out across more than 50 digital billboards around the city last week featured a rotation of four slogans and direct questions that a group spokesman said aimed to ensure that Canadians are “truly informed” when they consent to getting vaccinated. The billboards appeared to have been taken down ahead of schedule on Wednesday. Spadina-Fort York Councillor Joe Cressy said the ads were being removed following “overwhelming public concern.” In a tweet, he com...

ATLANTA—Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.86 million federal grant to develop a universal flu vaccine using a microneedle patch that will protect against any strain of the influenza virus. The funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will be used to create a painless vaccine with self-administration potential that induces strong cross-immune protection against influenza A and B viruses to harness both influenza epidemics and pandemics. Influenza virus is a major public health risk that can result in hospitalization or even death, particularly for the elderly and very young who are at high risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for everyone six months and older to receive a yearly flu vaccine, but seasonal flu vaccines have major limitations because the influenza virus is constantly changing...

Research from 2008 to 2014 suggests that vaccinations have been successful in preventing the most dangerous strains of HPV that cause nearly 70% of cervical cancer.  Vaccinations are preventing the most dangerous types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause most cases of cervical cancer, according to data from a recent study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Researchers from CDC analyzed archived specimens from women 18 to 39 years old who were diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 to 3 or adenocarcinoma in situ (CIN2+), and tested them for 37 HPV strains. Prevalence of HPV types 16 and 18, which cause most cases of cervical cancer, were predicted and measured in 10,206 cases. Data were analyzed from a 5-site population-based surveillance system. It was found that rates of HPV-positive CIN2+ fell from 52.7% in 2008 to 44.1% in 2014. The authors analyzed the ratios of each HPV ty...