Adult Vaccinations

There is a vaccine proven effective in preventing several deadly types of cancer, but barely half of the children in the United States are getting the protection. The human papillomavirus causes about 90% of cervical cancer in women, and is also linked to throat cancer and other malignancies in men and women. Since 2006, vaccines against the virus have been available. Children can be immunized against the most dangerous HPV strains beginning at age 9. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all boys and girls be vaccinated by age 12. Full protection requires two shots, usually within six months to a year. “It’s the first vaccine that has been offered to us that fights cancer,” Dr. Ed Pawlowski said from Pediatric Care Specialists, 1322 Eisenhower Boulevard in Richland Township. The CDC reports 2017 immunization rates were 53% for girls and 44% for boys, ages 14-17, while 27,000 people a year get cancer caused by human papillomavirus. HPV is the most c...

People who visited certain locations in York and Hershey in recent days may have been exposed to the measles, according to a health alert issued Saturday by Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health. Secretary Rachel Levine said a patient in WellSpan York Hospital has a confirmed case of measles, which can be highly contagious. The department on Saturday put out a list of locations and times where the patient had visited to alert residents who may have been exposed. “WellSpan Health is in the process of notifying patients, staff and visitors who were in either WellSpan Stony Brook Health Center or WellSpan York Hospital during the identified times and areas of the building,” Levine said. “However, if you have been properly immunized against measles, your risk of getting the disease is minimal.” The potential exposure would affect people who visited the following locations between August 22 and August 29: Fuddruckers, 2300 E Market St., York, PA, on Aug. 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM; Hershey...

Judging from the public comment the Department of Health and Welfare has received, immunization requirements and a couple of rules related to medical testing for newborns and child protective services could be hot topics as conversations occur around Idaho. The vaccine conversations are taking place because the Legislature usually renews administrative rules, and the rules governing every other state agency, in an omnibus bill passed at the end of the legislative session. This year, though, lawmakers didn’t pass such a bill due to a deadlock between House and Senate Republicans over whether to make some changes to the rules review process. As a result, the rules all would have expired on July 1. Gov. Brad Little cut 139 chapters of agency rules, or 19 percent of the total, many of them duplicative or obsolete, and renewed the rest as temporary rules. Idaho requires a list of immunizations for schoolchildren, although parents are allowed to opt out of vaccinating their children for a...

What if you could take a medicine that prevents cancer? Most of us already have. In 1982, the Federal Drug Administration approved the first medicine to prevent cancer, the hepatitis B vaccine. Many people don’t realize that viruses can lead to cancer. Or that vaccines are a medicine that must be taken before being exposed to such a virus. Because children are vaccinated, rates of liver cancer have dropped fourfold in the United States. In 2006, the FDA approved a second medicine to prevent cancer, the human papillomavirus vaccine. HPV infects almost 15 million Americans every year, many more than hepatitis B. Most of us will be infected with this virus at some point in our lives, and this year HPV will lead to cancer in more than 33,000 Americans. The best way to prevent this is to vaccinate our kids against HPV— so they don’t get cancer. HPV is responsible for several cancers, most notably cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and the lea...

What if you could take a medicine that prevents cancer? Most of us already have. In 1982, the Federal Drug Administration approved the first medicine to prevent cancer, the hepatitis B vaccine. Many people don’t realize that viruses can lead to cancer. Or that vaccines are a medicine that must be taken before being exposed to such a virus. Because children are vaccinated, rates of liver cancer have dropped fourfold in the United States. In 2006, the FDA approved a second medicine to prevent cancer, the human papillomavirus vaccine. HPV infects almost 15 million Americans every year, many more than hepatitis B. Most of us will be infected with this virus at some point in our lives, and this year HPV will lead to cancer in more than 33,000 Americans. The best way to prevent this is to vaccinate our kids against HPV— so they don’t get cancer. HPV is responsible for several cancers, most notably cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and the lea...

COLORADO, USA — Human papillomavirus (HPV) affects about 80 million Americans with an estimated 14 million newly infected each year.  It can lead to six types of cancers.  “Any areas where there can be sexual contact and exposure to HPV are areas where you can get cancer. Cancers of the mouth and throat and cancers of genitalia,” explained Dr. Sara Wettergreen, a clinical pharmacist and professor from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy .  She talked with 9Health for their weekly Facebook Live show, Health Happens. Vaccination can prevent more than 90% of HPV related cancers. The vaccine that is used is called Gardasil 9. Gardasil 9 prevents certain cancers and diseases caused by the nine HPV types covered by the vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control recommends all boys and girls get two doses of the HPV vaccine at ages 11 or 12.  “The ideal time to get the HPV vaccine is prior to any sexual activity,"  Dr. Wettergreen said. "The young...

Medical science has profoundly changed our lives. I am sure that I would not have survived to this old age without antibiotics, advances in epidemiology and surgery. I was a child in the 1930s. We lived in a flat across the street from my grammar school playground and I had friends in the neighborhood. It was a time when parents simply said “Go out and play” and we did. Our games were hopscotch, kick the can, jacks, tag, jump rope, handball and hide and seek. We cruised on roller skates and bikes, and built club houses out of boxes in vacant lots. We were supposed to come home at twilight, before dark. The milkman, bakery truck and iceman delivered to our doors. We felt safe in our neighborhoods. But my parents were fearful of epidemics. At school In first through 8th grades, I had classmates who suffered from scarlet fever, mumps, measles, German measles, chicken pox and whooping cough. I had rubella and had to stay in bed for several days in a darkened room; they thought light bad ...

Australian medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have successfully developed and tested a new type of vaccine targeting tuberculosis (TB), the world's top infectious disease killer. Reported in the ' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ', the early-stage vaccine was shown to provide substantial protection against TB in a pre-clinical laboratory setting. Tuberculosis is a huge world-wide health problem. It's caused by a bacteria that infects the lungs after it's inhaled, is contagious and results in approximately 1.6 million deaths per year globally." Dr Anneliese Ashhurst, co-lead author of the reported study and affiliated with both the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney The research program targeting the deadly disease has currently taken over five years of effort to implement. During that time Dr Ashhurst and a team of scientists have created the advanced synthetic TB vaccine and have now demonstrated i...

Hey, Bexar County parents, even if your children have received their back-to-school shots, it’s not too late for those 9 and older to return to doctors’ offices or clinics and get vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV. It might just prevent cancer and save their lives. Dr. Allison Grimes, a pediatric oncologist with University Health System, recommends boys and girls start the two-shot series at age 9, as soon as they’re able. There’s no point in waiting — getting the vaccine younger increases its effectiveness, and after age 15, it becomes a three-shot series. The Food and Drug Administration has approved it for adults 45 and younger. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that 4 out of 5 people will come into contact with during their lifetime. And for this reason, we imagine some parents have balked about vaccinating their kids. But this isn’t about sex, it’s about cancer prevention. HPV can cause six types of cancer in men and women, including cervical cancer, which is c...

Starting this fall, Washington state students will be required to receive a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine before their first day of school. In May, Gov. Jay Inslee signed EHB 1638, a bill updating Washington state’s school and child care immunization requirements to remove the personal and philosophical exemption option for the MMR vaccine. Measles in Washington The measles virus is extremely contagious, and can be serious, especially for young children. Symptoms include fever, rash, cough and red, watery eyes. A person can contract measles from an infected person as early as four days before they have a rash and for up to four days after the rash appears, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Since January there have been 12 measles outbreaks in King County and 86 outbreaks statewide. In May, a staff member at Issaquah High School (IHS) was diagnosed with measles. The staff member was one of five new cases of measles that was recently ident...

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That rise came amid a local and national resurgence of measles, an illness that until recently was considered wiped out in this country. The potentially fatal disease is also spreading globally, reflecting slipping vaccination rates. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the United Kingdom, Albania, the Czech Republic, and Greece can no longer be considered countries where measles has been eradicated. Europe has already had about 90,000 measles cases this year, compared with 84,000 last year. https://ift.tt/2UeltqJ

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has limited the supply of the hepatitis A vaccine, saying it is only available for those who are at risk of contracting it and reside in counties where outbreaks are being experienced. Currently, 25 counties in Alabama have confirmed outbreak-like cases of the infection, including Autauga, Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery and Russell.  People who are at the highest risk for infection are those who use street drugs (injection or non-injection), those currently or previously incarcerated, those who engage in anal or oral sex, and those with unstable housing or homelessness. Restaurant owners and managers have started recommending hepatitis A vaccines for employees due to multiple cases being confirmed among service industry workers. To see all of the counties that have seen outbreaks and for information on the infection, click here . https://ift.tt/2LaeN...

The Alabama Department of Public Health is “strongly encouraging” food service owners and managers across the state to consider requiring hepatitis A vaccine for all food workers. The department is issuing the recommendation at a time when Alabama has seen a hepatitis A outbreak over the last year. As of this month, there have been 132 confirmed outbreak-related cases in at least 25 Alabama counties since September 2018. Several have involved food service workers, such as a case involving an employee at a Panera Bread location on Montgomery’s Carter Hill Road in late January and early February. “While food workers are not at a higher risk than other workers, some fall into high-risk groups and would place customers at risk if they became infected,” the department stated in a directive. “Hepatitis A virus is commonly spread because of poor hand hygiene which allows the transfer of small amounts of stool containing the virus. Thorough handwashing after going to the bathroom and vacci...

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Yesterday as we vaccinated cattle on our operation a thought came to me. The various false or persuasive marketing claims have been becoming more popular in the poultry and meat industry, confusing consumers and creating a demand for specialty products. Plant-based and lab-grown proteins are claiming to be meat on labels. The egg industry is being impacted by-products like JUST Egg , that don't contain any real egg. So, my question is – how long will it be before the anti-vaxxers demand a poultry or meat product from an animal that hasn't been vaccinated ? Anti-vaxxers are people who oppose vaccination or laws that mandate vaccination in the use of humans, specifically young children. This trend has become very popular since a British doctor released a research paper in 1998 claiming that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine could be linked to bowel disease and autism. Even though in 2011 the paper was found to be fraudulent, some of the public's opinion has been...

The South Dakota Department of Health has confirmed two cases of mumps in southeastern South Dakota. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed 30 cases in bordering parts of the state. Many of those Nebraska cases were traced to people attending a wedding.  Avera Health Communications Coordinator Nathan Johnson says at least one of the mumps cases is in Yankton County, but Avera has not seen any cases at their hospital. Mumps is a respiratory disease distinguished by swelling in the salivary gland just under the jawline. Other symptoms include a low-grade fever, muscle aches and headache. Dr. Josh Clayton is the state epidemiologist. He says the biggest prevention method for mumps is the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. He says many people have at least one dose of the vaccine. “It has been kind of a standard childhood vaccine of two doses since the early 1990s, and so a lot of adolescents, teens and young adults do have two doses of vaccine.” Dr. ...

DREXEL HILL, PA. (WPVI) -- Back-to-school physicals often include catching up on vaccinations. This year, the American Cancer Society urges parents to put one on their list that prevents 6 types of cancer. For the Townsends, family is a joint effort, from meal-time cleanup, to their health --- "We talk about it a lot as a family, in terms of our health being something that we're fortunate and blessed with and that we have to be good stewards of it," says Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend. When the pediatrician recommended the HPV vaccine for older daughter Taylor, the family decided to learn all about it. "It helps prevent 6 types of cancers," says Alesia Mitchell-Bailey, a health systems manager for the American Cancer Society. According to the CDC, the vaccine can prevent 92% of cancers linked to HPV, the human papillomavirus. That includes 80 per cent of cervical cancer, as well as some cancers of the throat, tongue and tonsils. "Cancer has had a huge im...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Getting your flu shot every year may soon be a thing of the past. Oregon Health and Science University researchers are using grant money to develop a lifelong flu vaccine. Last year marked 100 years since the deadliest flu pandemic in history, known as the 1918 influenza pandemic. The centennial spurred the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start the Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development. This week, the foundation announced OHSU is among at least six institutions receiving a grant. They were selected for their bold and innovative approach to universal vaccines, and now have a shot to make history. The university received $1.7 million to develop a lasting and broadly effective flu vaccine that would replace the current once-a-year shot. "It's a pretty big deal. This is equivalent to the moon shot from Kennedy and it's a big goal we're going to move toward,” said the project's lead researcher, OHSU professor Dr. Jonah...