Pediatrics
Two-dose chickenpox shot gets the job done, study shows
(HealthDay)—Among school children, two doses of the chickenpox vaccine is better than one, a new study finds.
Mar 14, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chickenpox continues to decline in US thanks to vaccination
Since the chickenpox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995, there has been a large reduction in chickenpox cases. Hospitalizations and outpatient visits for chickenpox have continued their decline after a second dose ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chickenpox vaccination does increase shingles cases, but mainly in young adults
Vaccinating one-year-olds against chickenpox could temporarily nearly double the incidence of shingles in the wider population, but in younger adults than previously thought.
Aug 11, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel method identifies children with rheumatic disease eligible for life-saving vaccine
The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) Press Conference showed that the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine can be effective and safe even in children with ...
Jun 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How vaccines change the way we think about disease
The news on the current measles outbreak contains plenty of reminders that measles causes brain damage, pneumonia, hearing loss and death. A few lone voices have spoken up to say measles isn't that serious, including an Arizona ...
Feb 20, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An update on bacterial meningitis and other important vaccine news
With school underway and flu season not far behind, vaccinations are on people's minds again, or at least they should be – according to experts such as George DiFerdinando Jr. who keep track of how disease spreads and the ...
Sep 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stroke risk higher after shingles, but antiviral drugs may provide protection
Patients' risk of stroke significantly increased following the first signs of shingles, but antiviral drugs appeared to offer some protection, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. ...
Apr 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chickenpox vaccine not responsible for rise in shingles, study says
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of a painful condition known as shingles is increasing in the United States, but new research says the chickenpox vaccine isn't to blame.
Dec 2, 2013
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Medical research
New research on inherited herpesvirus may have implications for transplantation
Up to half a million people in Britain today may not know it, but in their genetic material they carry a particular form of herpesvirus 6 inherited from a parent.
Sep 20, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds that apoptosis triggers replication of common viruses
Researchers from Children's National Medical Center have found that an alternate, "escape" replication process triggered by apoptosis—the process of cell death or "cell suicide"—appears to be common in human herpesviruses ...
Aug 27, 2013
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