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Influence of COVID-19 on trust in routine immunization, health information sources and pandemic preparedness in 23 countries in 2023

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dtap immunization for adults :: Article Creator Disease Known To Hospitalize Children Is Continuing To Spread In Michigan More than half of infants who contract pertussis, known as whooping cough, require hospitalization. Once their condition has deteriorated enough to require medical care, there isn't much physicians can do to treat them or speed up recovery. Instead, they offer supportive care, limit spread, and wait for the disease to run its course, said Dr. Francis Darr, a pediatrician in Marquette. "The key, again, is not so much treatment as it is prevention and avoiding infection in the first place," Darr said. Michigan is seeing its highest number of pertussis infections in a decade. As of Dec. 8, the state health department reported more than 1,500 cases, which is more than twice as much as the 596-case average from 2017 through 2019. Public health leaders are urging families to ensure they're up to da...

R.S.V. Vaccine Is Slow to Reach Its Target: Older Americans

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local internal medicine doctors :: Article Creator McLaren Port Huron To Launch Internal Medicine Resident Physician Program Your browser is not supportedthetimesherald.Com thetimesherald.Com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use. Unfortunately, your browser is not supported. Please download one of these browsers for the best experience on thetimesherald.Com Las Vegas Doctor Working To Increase Physician Numbers In Nevada Prev Next According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, the U.S. Needs more than 37,000 additional health care workers. Channel 13's Alyssa Bethencourt spoke with a Las Vegas doctor who is trying to boost numbers in the valley. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas doctor is on a mission to increase physician numbers in Nevada. Research shows there's a critical ...

Adult RSV Vaccines: Q&A With the CDC's Dr Michael Melgar

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live vaccines :: Article Creator How Can Drones Deliver Life-Saving Vaccines In The Philippines? The M300 Cargo Drone, which was used to deliver vaccines in the Philippines. Heidi Sampang Drone operators, led by a doctor, are expanding the use of drones to delivering vaccines in the Philippines. Over 60 million people in the Philippines live in rural areas, with many having limited access to vaccines. Heidi Sampang, a medical doctor, managing director of Philippines Flying Labs and country program manager for Remote Area Medical, says the team delivered medicines and COVID-19 vaccines in two areas: an inter-island delivery in the province of Tawi-Tawi; and the mountainous terrain of Agusan Del Sur in Mindinao. "We were successful in showing that using drones is an efficient, accurate, and safe way of service delivery in these islands and mountain communities at a five kilometer distance," she says, adding that they are...

When and where can you get the updated COVID booster? And who needs one? What you need to know, according to experts

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fever from vaccine adults :: Article Creator WHO Backs Trivalent Flu Vaccine The World Health Organization recommends the Northern Hemisphere's 2024-25 flu vaccines be trivalent.  On Feb. 23, the WHO told national vaccine regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies its recommendations for the viral composition of next season's influenza vaccines.  A trivalent vaccine protects against three strains of the flu, including two influenza A strains and one influenza B strain. Last year, the WHO recommended quadrivalent shots.  For egg-based vaccines — which the CDC recently OK'd for people with egg allergies — the WHO suggests they target an A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus, an A/Thailand/8/2022 (H3N2)-like virus, and a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus. Cell-culture or recombinant-based vaccines are recommended to contain an A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus, an A/Massachusetts/18/2022 (H3...

Can You Get Multiple Vaccines at Once?

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single shot vaccine :: Article Creator How Antivaxxers Weaponize Vaccine Safety Studies To Falsely Portray Vaccines As Dangerous Earlier this month, a large multinational research group published a study in the journal Vaccine using the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) to examine thirteen medical conditions that the group considered "adverse events of special interest" potentially associated with COVID-19 vaccination. In the study, they examined the records of more than 99 million vaccinated individuals in eight countries, with the intention of identifying higher-than-expected cases of one or more of these conditions after a COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccines investigated included the most commonly used vaccines, the mRNA-based vaccines distributed by Pfizer and Moderna, as well as nonreplicating adenovirus vector-based vaccines. And protein-based vaccines. The GVDN network includes Argentina, Australia – New South Wales, Australia...

Use of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines in Older ...

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all doctor specialties :: Article Creator The Least Depressed Physician Specialty While depression is on the rise among all physician specialties, one ASC specialty faces lower rates of depression than its counterparts, according to a Feb. 20 report from the American Medical Association based on a depression and burnout survey of 7,360 specialists. Ophthalmologists report the lowest rates of depression, with 19.1% of specialists feeling depressed.  In comparison, urologists, the most depressed specialists, report rates of up to 38.5%.  Nearly 31% of surveyed physicians provided care to patients who had COVID-19 without adequate protective equipment. Additionally, 39.6% faced disruptions to their economic standing due to the pandemic, while 54.6% had at least one adverse occupational experience related to the pandemic. The 10 Most Depressed Physician Specialties Depression is on the rise among all physicians, with urologists facing the ...

15 Highest Paying Nursing Jobs in 2024

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home health care agencies near me :: Article Creator Requests For Home Care Services Continue To Increase Across Country As many families gathered for the holidays this past year, bringing out-of-towners to celebrate with their aging parents and loved ones, Home Instead services have been requested at a higher rate than a year ago. According to a Home Instead Inc. Survey in January, one out of five Americans saw a noticeable decline in their aging loved one's well-being while together for the holidays. The survey also found that more than 90% of older adults want to age in their own home for as long as possible, which becomes challenging, and often dangerous, as cognitive and mobility changes occur with aging. "It's important that families look for and recognize these changes when spending time with the older adults they love," Lakelyn Hogan Eichenberger, gerontologist and caregiver advocate for Home Instead Inc., an Ho...