Obstacles to Immunization in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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adult booster :: Article Creator Adults Largely Don't Need Tetanus, Diphtheria Vaccine Boosters, Researchers Say With certain exceptions, US adults could safely forego tetanus and diphtheria booster vaccination—if uptake of childhood vaccines stays high, an Oregon Health & Science University–led research team wrote yesterday in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Discontinuing the 10-year doses could save about $1 billion each year, said the researchers, who compared the impact of the tetanus and diphtheria vaccination programs to that of other routine childhood vaccines, reviewed childhood vaccination programs in France and England, and proposed revisions to the adult booster vaccination schedule. While diphtheria is highly contagious, the community is broadly protected through childhood vaccination, and "Tetanus is unique among vaccine-preventable diseases because it is not transmitted from person to person; therefore, vaccination prov...

Hepatitis A spikes in Louisiana - KPLC

[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.



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