Pediatrics
US kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows
Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners dropped again last year, and federal officials are starting a new campaign to try to bring them up.
Jan 12, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Rheumatologist recommends patients receive pneumococcal vaccine
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other rheumatic conditions are more at risk for complications and death from pneumonia, meningitis, and other bacterial infections, yet most have not been vaccinated against ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazilian model vaccination program reduced severe cases of COVID-19 and deaths
A study conducted in Serrana, a small town in São Paulo state used as a model for COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil, shows that mass vaccination reduced the severe case and death rates even while the gamma and delta variants ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Why do many young cancer survivors forgo human papillomavirus vaccination?
Although young cancer survivors face an elevated risk for later developing cervical, oropharyngeal, and several other human papillomavirus (HPV)–related cancers, HPV vaccination rates among this group remain low. This is ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Cervical cancer burden remains high in many countries; scale-up needed to meet 2030 elimination target
There were over 600,000 new cases of cervical cancer and over 340,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
Dec 14, 2022
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Vaccination
Healthcare workers in Massachusetts prefer vaccine strategies supporting education and community-based communication
Healthcare workers are a trusted health information source and are uniquely positioned to reduce the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of severe COVID-19-related ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists find dramatic rise in anal cancer in Midwest and Southeast
South Carolina is seeing one of the fastest rises in anal cancer incidence among women and anal cancer mortality among men, according to a study published Nov. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, led by MUSC Hollings ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New monkeypox assessment increases concerns of potential escalation in central Africa
A new assessment of monkeypox infections in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—with a strain linked to more-severe disease than what's circulating internationally—shows transmission rates rising ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Health
Political ideology and COVID-19 health outcomes
The higher the exposure to political conservatism, the higher the COVID-19 mortality rates and stress on hospital intensive care unit (ICU) capacity, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Nov 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious Diseases Society of America: Vaccination program yielded large declines in varicella incidence
Varicella vaccination resulted in a 99 percent reduction in the incidence of varicella among persons aged younger than 20 years, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America ...
Oct 25, 2022
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