Adult Vaccinations

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2021 – J&J Distributing, a St. Paul, Minn., establishment, is recalling approximately 33 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry salads and wrap products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes ( Lm ), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.   The fully cooked, not shelf stable salads and wraps were produced and packaged on Feb. 23, 2021 and list a "Sell-by" date of Feb. 28, 2021 on the packaging label. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF Only)]: 9-oz. plastic container of "COBB SALAD" on the product label. 10-oz. plastic container of "Because life is delicious. tastebuds Bacon Lettuce Avocado Tomato Wrap" on the label. 10-oz. plastic container of "Because life is delicious. tastebuds Turkey Ranch Club Wrap" on the label. 10-oz. plastic container of "Because life is delicious. tastebuds Chicken Caesar W...

The poultry industry has a lot to teach the world about the future of coronavirus infection control, according to a University of Melbourne academic. Key points: The first coronavirus ever detected, infectious bronchitis virus, was found in chickens in the 1930s Infectious bronchitis virus is present in most countries and spreads between chickens very quickly, infecting entire bird flocks in as little as 24 hours Professor Hadjinoormohammadi says the mutating nature of IBV often requires new vaccines to protect the birds Professor Amir Hadjinoormohammadi works in avian medicine in the Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health. He said infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) found in chickens had many similarities to COVID-19. "The learnings that we acquire from working with animal diseases can be applied to the way we control and diagnose diseases in humans," he said. Coronavirus questions answered Breaking down the latest news and research to understa...

Ketamine hydrochloride, a dissociative anesthetic, has proconvulsant and anticonvulsant properties. It should be used with caution in epilepsy patients. Of eight epilepsy patients who underwent dental work with ketamine, two had focal motor seizures and another had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. In some patients with epileptiform activity on their baseline EEGs, particularly those receiving 2–4 mg/kg intravenous doses, the activity progressed to electrical seizure.72 EEG recordings in all of these patients returned to their preanesthetic baseline within a week.73 If a clinical seizure occurs during ketamine use, further administration of ketamine to deepen anesthesia should be avoided. Instead, a CNS depressant, such as a barbiturate or benzodiazepine, should be used.3 In other studies, ketamine did not increase epileptiform or seizure activity in epilepsy subjects.74,75 Owing to the mixed depressant-stimulant effects of ketamine, epilepsy patients should be adequately premedi...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. , Feb. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended the first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for individuals 18 years of age and older under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "For more than 130 years, Johnson & Johnson has come to the aid of people during times of crisis, and we believe today's recommendation from the CDC to begin use of our vaccine as part of the U.S. national immunization program will add a critical tool in the fight against COVID-19," said Paul Stoffels , M.D., Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Scientific Officer at Johnson & Johnson. "This recommendation follows the FDA'...

Figure 1: Bruising of the lateral border of the tongue due to a seizure Abstract Epilepsy is a neurological condition occurring in the brain. If a person has had two or more seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy. When a person experiences a seizure, the body will flex and extend, and the person may lose consciousness. A person may also inflict damage to the oral cavity. The person may bite the tongue, lips, and cheeks. Teeth may be fractured, periodontal ligaments damaged, and the temporomandibular joint traumatized. Nocturnal epileptic seizures occur during sleep and may be experienced unknowingly. Dental professionals can assist patients who are unknowingly experiencing nocturnal epileptic seizures, as well as patients who are experiencing the negative oral side effects of anticonvulsant medications. Seizures and epilepsy The brain sends messages to all parts of the body through electrical activity via nerve cells. (7) A seizure can occur when the brain receives abn...

Public health officials in the United Kingdom are continuing to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to raw breaded chicken. From January 2020, there have been 480 patients confirmed with salmonellosis caused by two strains of Salmonella Enteritidis and linked to consumption of frozen, raw, breaded chicken products. The first warning came in October 2020 when almost 400 people were sick, mainly in England but also in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Renewed warning The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Scotland and Public Health Wales said people need to take care when storing, handling and cooking chicken items at home, such as nuggets, goujons, dippers, poppers and kievs. Inadequate cooking and cross-contamination in the kitchen during food preparation can lead to salmonellosis. For patients where information is available, a third have needed hospital treatment and four people have ...

Nearly 200 people in eight European countries and the United Kingdom are involved in a Salmonella outbreak ongoing since May 2018. Salmonella Enteritidis infections have been linked to frozen breaded chicken products from Poland with the most recent illness in the UK in December 2020. Denmark has two infections, Finland has four, France has 33, Germany has six, Ireland has 12, the Netherlands has three, Poland has five, Sweden has six, and the United Kingdom has 122. One probable case was reported in Canada in 2019 but that person had travelled to Europe during the exposure period. Mainly children ill One in five people have been hospitalized and an 86-year-old woman died in France. Half of those sick are children younger than 18 years old. Three-fourths of patients are  younger than 45 years old. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessment only covers one Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type. DG SANTE sent ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill introduced this week at the Utah Legislature would ban the sale of cats and dogs at pet stores throughout the state. HB420, sponsored by House Minority Leader Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, would make statewide a prohibition already enacted by several Utah cities, including Salt Lake. The bill is backed by the Utah Humane Society, and its advocacy director Rachel Heatley told KSL.com the law is necessary to end abusive and neglectful breeding practices in the state. "Dogs and cats in pet stores generally do not come from any sort of, what people call 'reputable breeders,' breeders of healthy dogs and cats," Heatley said. "Generally, these animals come from commercial puppy and kitten mills." Such "mills" can be large or small, Heatley said, but all have similar identifying markers. Many of them, for instance, keep their animals in small, stacked wire cages where waste can pass through the floors. And they don't provid...

Before a dental procedure, levels of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) should be measured and adjusted based on the individual patient's history. The dental team should be informed about the patient's seizure type and first aid. Seizure-precipitating factors, such as sleep deprivation or alcohol intake, should be avoided before the procedure. Methohexital was compared to local anesthetic in conservative dental procedures. Although a seizure occurred in only 1 out of 200 patients, the main disadvantage of its use over local anesthetic is side effects, including tongue movements, coughing, hiccoughs, and prolonged lethargy after the procedure.105 Seizures that occur during or after a dental procedure can occur with N2O104 and methohexital.51 In these studies, seizures most often occurred in patients with undiagnosed epilepsy or those who missed a dose of their antiepileptic medications on the day of the dental procedure. Other studies demonstrate that N2O and propofol in subanes...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, older adults have been at greater risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19. In December 2020, the FDA issued Emergency Use Authorizations for two COVID-19 vaccines. At the time, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued recommendations to give the highest priority to health care workers, and residents and staff in long-term care facilities. In mid-January 2021, the Trump Administration advised states to expand vaccine eligibility to people ages 65 and older – a population totaling more than 54 million, in addition to residents of long-term care facilities – in order to reach a broader population of high-risk individuals. This recommendation was reinforced by the Biden Administration. In response, many states changed their vaccination plans and started vaccinating adults 75 and older (consistent with ACIP recommendations), before expanding to include adults 65 and older. As of February 2...

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine . The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is under strict embargo and by taking it into possession, media representatives are committing to the terms of the embargo not only on their own behalf, but also on behalf of the organization they represent. New ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule recommends changes to several vaccines, includes interim recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination Revised content based on updated ACIP recommendations published since October, 2019. Abstract: http://annals. org/ aim/ article/ doi/ 10. 7326/ M20-8080 URL goes live when the embargo lifts The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released its 2021 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule that includes changes to several vaccines including influenza, hepatitis A, human papillomavirus (HPV); and the me...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved the Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19 Years or Older, United States 2021 in October 2020. The 2021 schedule was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Physicians, American Academy of Family Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Nurse-Midwives, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. This article consolidates and summarizes all of the updates to the 2020-2021 ACIP recommendations in regards to the use of each vaccine in adults, interim recommendations for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations, and guidance for the safe delivery of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 The full ACIP recommendation for the Adult Immunization Schedule by Vaccine and Age Group is available on the CDC website. Updates to the Interim Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccines ACIP recommends use of COVID-19 ...

Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Vaccine (BNT162b2) Description BioNTech SE and Pfizer, Inc. developed the Comirnaty (BNT162b2) vaccine to prevent severe COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Comirnaty is a nucleoside-modified RNA formulated in lipid nanoparticles and encodes an optimized SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike protein antigen. The vaccine, which is based on BioNTech proprietary mRNA technology, was co-developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. The Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (BNT162b2) (Tozinameran) mRNA vaccine was issued the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 individuals 16 years of age and older on December 11, 2020. However, the experimental Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has not been Approved or Licensed by the U.S. FDA. The U.S. CDC issued Interim Clinical Considerations for the use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Authorized in the United States on January 21, 2021. On December 31, 2020, ...