Quality improvement initiative boosts early HPV vaccine rates
A multipronged primary care quality improvement initiative increases early human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation across racial/ethnic, sociodemographic, insurance, and geographic groups, according to a study presented ...
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New study shows continued high effectiveness of HPV vaccination in England
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in England has not only been associated with a substantial reduction in cervical disease, but has done so in all socioeconomic groups, finds a study published by The BMJ.
May 15, 2024
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UN agency authorizes second vaccine against dengue amid outbreaks in the Americas
The World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across ...
May 15, 2024
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154 million lives saved in 50 years: Five charts on the global success of vaccines
We know vaccines have been a miracle for public health. Now, new research led by the World Health Organization has found vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives in the past 50 years from 14 different diseases. ...
May 14, 2024
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Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure, study finds
A study by the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fudan University, China, has found that a single dose of the measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective in children born by C-section, compared ...
May 13, 2024
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There's a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant: Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick?
Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter's dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections.
May 13, 2024
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Not sure about vaccines? How messaging is framed makes a difference, new research shows
There were moments during the COVID-19 pandemic's early days when real life might have felt ripped out of the pages of Stephen King's The Stand, a novel about an extremely contagious and lethal influenza strain that sweeps ...
May 13, 2024
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Child measles case at Sacramento hospital may have exposed 200 people, health officials say
At least 200 Northern California residents may have been exposed to measles after a child with the airborne disease came to the UC Davis Medical Center's emergency department twice during the past week, Sacramento County ...
May 13, 2024
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Too many Australians aren't getting a flu vaccine—why, and what can we do about it?
Australia's childhood immunization program gets very good uptake every year—almost 94% of 5-year-olds have had all their routine vaccinations. But our influenza vaccine coverage doesn't get such a good report card.
May 13, 2024
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New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven't even emerged yet
The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable scientific achievement that saved millions of lives. The vaccines have demonstrated substantial success in reducing death and serious illness after ...
May 11, 2024
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Study finds COVID-19 vaccine can help people with heart failure live longer
Heart failure patients who are vaccinated against COVID-19 have an 82% greater likelihood of living longer than those who are not vaccinated, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of ...
May 11, 2024
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French, US drug firms team up for Covid-flu shot
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi and struggling US rival Novavax announced Friday an alliance to sell a COVID vaccine and develop another that combines with a flu shot.
May 10, 2024
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Researchers estimate vaccines have saved 154 million lives over past half-century
An international team of health and medical researchers including workers at the WHO, working with economists and modeling specialists, has found that the use of vaccines to prevent or treat disease has saved the lives of ...
Scientists pinpoint new vaccine adjuvant that promotes potent anti-tumor immunity
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough that offers promise for developing new immune therapies for cancer. They have discovered that a vaccine adjuvant called C100 promotes potent anti-tumor ...
May 9, 2024
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GPS-like system shows promise as HIV vaccine strategy to elicit critical antibodies
A team led by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS, guiding the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.
May 9, 2024
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AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine withdrawn—it was a victim of misinformation right to the end, researcher says
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was a critical part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. However, on May 7, 2024, the European Commission announced the vaccine is no longer authorized for use.
May 9, 2024
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Hospitals no longer must report COVID data to CDC, spotlighting clunky system
As COVID-19 swept over Phoebe Putney Health System and Southwest Georgia in the first days of the pandemic, residents and public health officials were desperate to know what patients had and how far it was spreading. The ...
May 9, 2024
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A third COVID vaccine dose improves defense for some clinically extremely vulnerable patients
A major clinical trial has found that an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose led to the majority of clinically extremely vulnerable people mounting defensive antibodies against COVID-19.
May 8, 2024
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