Health
Too few adults get recommended vaccines, CDC says
(HealthDay)—Vaccines aren't just for kids, and most American adults aren't getting their recommended vaccinations, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Jan 30, 2013
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Simple intervention ups pneumococcal vaccination rate
(HealthDay)—Use of a simple point-of-care paper reminder form is associated with an increase in the percentage of immunosuppressed rheumatology patients who remain up-to-date with their pneumococcal vaccinations, according ...
Jan 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First European randomized trial confirms new pneumococcal vaccine highly effective in infants
A new conjugate vaccine is highly effective (93%) at preventing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD; meningitis, sepsis, bacteremic pneumonia, and other blood-borne infections) in infants younger than 2 years who are the most ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Health
Influenza vaccination of pregnant women helps their babies
Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus appears to have a significant positive effect on birth weight in babies, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Feb 21, 2012
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Medications
Study challenges concerns on effectiveness of administering pneumococcal, shingles vaccines together
Administering both the pneumococcal and the herpes zoster vaccines to patients during the same visit is beneficial and does not appear to compromise the protective effect of the zoster vaccine, according to a Kaiser Permanente ...
May 12, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jeff Beck dies of bacterial meningitis. What you need to know about the disease
Influential English guitarist Jeff Beck, who rose to fame playing with the Yardbirds and later fronted the Jeff Beck Group, died on January 10 aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis.
Jan 13, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Higher-dose pneumococcal vaccines improve immune response in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients receiving rituximab
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, showed that a higher dose of pneumococcal vaccine safely and effectively improved antibody response in patients ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Vaccination
ACIP issues 2021 immunization schedule for adults
(HealthDay)—The recommended immunization schedule for adults has been updated for 2021, according to a report published online Feb. 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and in the Feb. 12 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...
Feb 12, 2021
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Vaccination
How changing vaccine schedules can save costs and lives: Findings from South Africa
In 2005, before most low- and middle-income countries started vaccinating children routinely for pneumococcal disease, it caused approximately 1.5 million deaths worldwide annually. About 700,000 to 1 million of these deaths ...
Sep 29, 2020
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Health
August designated National Immunization Awareness Month
(HealthDay)—In order to remind adults of the importance of immunizations throughout life, August is being recognized as National Immunization Awareness Month, according to a report from the American College of Physicians ...
Aug 1, 2016
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