Adult Vaccinations

unitedhealthcare aarp :: Article Creator Older Americans Worry They Can't Afford Their Own Health Care KFF Health News  —  What weighs most heavily on older adults' minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. "It's on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more expensive," said Connie Colyer, 68, of Pleasureville, Kentucky. She's a retired forklift operator who has lung disease and high blood pressure. Her husband, James, 70, drives a dump truck and has a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm. Tens of millions of seniors are similarly anxious about being able to afford health care because of its expense and rising costs for housing, food and other essentials. A new wave of research highlights the reach of these anxieties. When the University of Michigan's National Poll on Healthy Aging asked people 50 and older ...

cdc immunization :: Article Creator Merck's New Pneumococcal Jab Capvaxive Gets CDC Panel Vote Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has unanimously voted to recommend MRK's newly approved 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Capvaxive. The FDA approved Capvaxive earlier this month for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. Capvaxive became the first PCV specifically designed for adults to be approved by the FDA. Capvaxive targets serotypes that account for approximately 84% of all invasive pneumococcal disease in older adults (50 years and older) in the United States, including eight serotypes not covered by currently licensed vaccines. The ACIP recommends a single dose of Capvaxive for three distinct patient populations, the first being adults aged 65 years and older who ha...

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aca colonoscopy :: Article Creator Three Times Your Free Medicare Colonoscopy Could Cost You Medicare covers that colonoscopy you scheduled, until it doesn't. getty Earlier this year, a family member had a screening colonoscopy. He'd seen the news stories about the Affordable Care Act mandating no out-of-pocket costs, such as co-pays or a deductible. So if this test is supposed to be "free," why did he get a bill? This isn't the first time I've heard of people receiving bills for this procedure. (Full disclosure: That even happened to me.) Medicare covers a colonoscopy with no Part B deductible, copayment, or coinsurance when the test is done for screening: Once every 2 years for those at high risk Once every 10 years for those who are at average risk, and Four years after a flexible sigmoidoscopy for those who are at average risk. When there are twists to the rules, there can be cost-sharing as...

galen pediatrics :: Article Creator Department Of Pediatrics The Department of Pediatrics of Saint Louis University School of Medicine is based at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, adjacent to Saint Louis University's campus. The Department of Pediatrics has approximately 150 full-time faculty and another 20 part-time faculty. We have outstanding educational programs for residents and medical students. Forty-four of our faculty were also recognized in the most recent publication of "Best Doctors in America." Our physicians are proud to be inclusive and to host the region's widest range of payors accepted. Our faculty aggressively innovate in, and support, the primary care setting, but also individualize for the chronic, complex care patients and for those with rare diseases. Basic science research, new drug trials, translational research and educational research are all valued and highly sought aft...

missed childhood vaccinations :: Article Creator Why Are Some Parents Still Hesitant To Vaccinate Their Child Against RSV? Increasing knowledge of the vaccine-preventable disease will ultimately improve vaccine uptake among target groups, researchers suggest. Most parents have never refused any recommended vaccines and trust their child's physician, but vaccine hesitancy still poses a challenge to immunization programs.1 While many factors influence parental decision-making when it comes to vaccinating their child against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), research suggests that increased awareness of the diseases can reduce vaccine hesitancy and improve trust in health care providers. The researchers believe the study found that many parents are supportive of RSV vaccination, with informed and aware parents being more likely to vaccinate their children with the new RSV vaccine.MargJohnsonVA - stock.Adobe.Com This survey study ...

delta vaccine :: Article Creator Another COVID Vaccine? Yes, And Here's Why This fall, prepare for the latest round of COVID vaccine Whac-a-Mole.  Like the old arcade game, no matter how many shots we get, the enemy always pops back up. But here's why the new shot, recommended by FDA advisers last week, makes sense: It targets a new version of the virus, the FDA panel said. It bolsters your body's ever-growing defense system.  And it's a lot better than getting very sick or hospitalized. Last year's shot isn't holding up. Protection against both infection and severe illness is waning. "Effectiveness has decreased, as the time since vaccination has increased — and as new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerge," said biostatistician Danyu Lin of the University of North Carolina School of Global Public Health, who presented worrisome new data to the FDA advisory panel. The old vaccine's effectiveness peaked one month a...