… people had an unknown vaccination status. Most of the people who contracted mumps were children. County Regional Health District epidemiologist Mark Springer says the county usually only has one or two mumps cases a year. The county’s spike in mumps …
Category: Vaccinations
Changes to vaccine plan at St Arnaud
Northern Grampians Shire Council has introduced changes to the dates and location of its free immunisation program at St Arnaud. As of February immunisation sessions will be held from 9.30am until 10.30am on the first Wednesday of every month.
Changes to vaccine plan at St Arnaud
Northern Grampians Shire Council has introduced changes to the dates and location of its free immunisation program at St Arnaud. As of February immunisation sessions will be held from 9.30am until 10.30am on the first Wednesday of every month.
Study Finds Vaccination Is the Most Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Rabies Deaths in India
… PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at CVD. “Our goal was to maximize the impact of vaccination and/or sterilization on human health outcomes in the real world, where policymakers operate within cost constraints.” The research team also included scientists …
CDC Offers 10 Reasons to Get Vaccinated
… can be spread easily. 2.You may be at increased risk for complications from certain diseases if you have a chronic health condition or weakened immune system. Adults with chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease and those …
Public Health England urges Somerset students to get vaccinated against meningitis
… or their condition appears to be getting worse. It can kill, or leave people with life-changing disabilities or health problems, like hearing loss, brain damage or the loss of a limb. The vaccine, which also provides protection against the Men A, C …
University students urged to get vaccinated against meningitis and septicaemia
… some of whom will unknowingly be carrying the bacteria, without any signs or symptoms, enabling it to spread. Public Health England introduced a vaccination programme in 2015 to tackle a sharp increase in a particularly virulent strain of …
Animal Services waives some fees during January
Pinellas County Animal Services is offering waived adoption fees for all adult dogs and dogs over 25 pounds until Jan. 31. Animal Services had 31 dogs available for adoption that began 2017 in the shelter. All adoptable dogs and cats receive a medical checkup, spaying/neutering, vaccinations, internal and external parasite control, heartworm tests, feline leukemia testing and microchipping, valued at $200.
Trump asks vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’
Donald Trump met Tuesday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent skeptic of vaccines for children, and asked him to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, suggesting that the president-elect continues to believe a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday, Kennedy said that Trump called him to request the meeting, and he accepted the position on the new commission.
Donald Trump asks vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead…
Donald Trump met Tuesday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent skeptic of vaccines for children, and asked him to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, suggesting that the president-elect continues to believe a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday, Kennedy said that Trump called him to request the meeting, and he accepted the position on the new commission.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Benefits of vaccines are a matter of fact
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The Latest: Trump meets with Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic…
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The Latest: Trump meets with Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic
President-elect Donald Trump is meeting Tuesday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vocal vaccination skeptic, about immunizations and vaccinations. Kennedy, son of former Attorney General and New York Sen. Robert Kennedy, is an environmental activist and heads the Waterkeeper group to protect rivers.
900 Ocean County children received improperly refrigerated vaccinations
The Department of Health said that letters are going out to families whose children were vaccinated at Southern Ocean Pediatrics and Family Medicine in Manahawkin, which is the medical office of Dr. Michael Bleiman, between November 2014 and July 28, 2016. The vaccines were for measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis A & B, rotavirus, DTaP/Tdap, Hib, pneumococcal, polio, meningococcal and HPV.
Cleveland Clinic doc pens viral screed against vaccines, peers call it ‘post-truth medicine’
… Freedhoff . “Wow, this quack is the head of an institute of an actual medical center?” added Vinay Prasad, an Oregon Health and Sciences University oncologist. The Cleveland Clinic is not just any medical center. It is renowned, particularly in the …
Flu season already worse than last year
… The Centers for Disease Control is reporting about 10,000 flu cases as of last week in 2016. The Louisiana State Health Department said for that week, flu-like illnesses were high for Louisiana, especially in places like New Orleans and the …
900 Ocean County children may need to be revaccinated due to improperly stored vaccinations
Nearly 1,000 children who participated in a free or low-cost vaccine program may need to be revaccinated, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. The department issued a statement Monday that said that vaccines given to around 900 children through the federally funded “Vaccines for Children” program may not have been properly refrigerated.
Land Between the Lakes Bison Auction to be held January 28th
Land Between the Lakes, KY/TN – A public auction to reduce the size of bison herds in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area will be held on Saturday, January 28th. The sale will begin at 9:00am CST at the Elk & Bison Prairie corral.
Cleveland Clinic doc apologizes for anti-vax column, hospital promises discipline
Dr. Daniel Neides of the Cleveland Clinic will be “appropriately disciplined” by the hospital system for a guest column he penned on cleveland.com this week that questioned the safety of vaccines and espoused anti-scientific views on flu, childhood vaccines, and other health topics. Neides is the COO of the Clinic’s Wellness Institute and a family physician.
Recurrent optic neuritis and neuromyelitis optica-IgG following first …
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Human papillomavirus vaccine is widely used to prevent cervical cancer caused by certain types of HPV in girls and young women.
Experimental Ebola vaccine trial shows positive prospects
… did not receive the vaccine. According to a release available to the Ghana News Agency the trial was led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), together with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, Medecins sans Frontieres and the Norwegian Institute of …
Measles making comeback as parents opt out of vaccines
… there was a huge spike in Texas cases in 1958 with 85,862 people infected, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Nearly 50 years later, in the year 2000, it was declared across the country that measles had been eliminated due …
Seven confirmed flu deaths in Ireland
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has reported a high number of hospital admissions amid the influenza outbreak across the country from the end of December up to 1 January. In its weekly report , the HSPC said those aged 65 and older are most affected and influenza-like illnesses are particularly widespread in the east, southeast and south.
The Latest: Obama calls for Trump to ‘get to work’ on Russia
More than 1,300 people in the Cadillac area lost power Tuesday night due to winter storm conditions. Consumers Energy representative Terry DeDoes said strong w… President Barack Obama says he hopes President-elect Donald Trump will “get to work” trying to prevent Russia from interfering again in a U.S. election.
Waco-area news briefs: Jan. 7, 2017
… pillows and blankets to get comfortable. Animal Birth Control Clinic, 3238 Clay Ave., will conduct a pet preventive health and microchip clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Services to be offered will include microchips; distempter and parvo …
As flu cases surge, vaccinations stall
… peaks in Minnesota. There’s still time to get a flu shot, but federal data show most people haven’t bothered. Public health officials are publicizing the increase in flu cases with hopes the information will spur people to rush out for a flu shot. …
Flu cases hit U.S. coastal cities hard, particularly NYC
… except in Oklahoma. Ten states are reporting high levels, as is Puerto Rico, based on reports collected by local health officials and compiled weekly and released Friday morning by the federal Centers for Disease Control Control and Prevention. …
More than 100,000 people in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire still at risk of flu
The latest vaccination uptake figures released by Public Health England show a total of 117,644 people across Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire are still at risk from the potentially fatal infection. Of the 203,674 patients in NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group , 84,135 remain unvaccinated and 33,509 of the 90,084 in NHS South Gloucestershire CCG.
Idaho woman marks fourth flu-related death of the season
The first flu-related death in Eastern Idaho Public Health’s boundaries was reported around Christmas, taking the state’s total death toll due to the illness to four as of Thursday. The woman, who was over the age of 70, lived in the area covered by Idaho Health District 7, which includes Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison and Teton counties.
GM malaria vaccine a milestonea
… 200 bites by infected mosquitoes. Dr Robert Seder, from the Vaccine Research Centre at the National Institutes of Health, said: “This report is a major advance in malaria vaccine development by providing the first evidence that genetically …
GM malaria vaccine a milestonea
… 200 bites by infected mosquitoes. Dr Robert Seder, from the Vaccine Research Centre at the National Institutes of Health, said: “This report is a major advance in malaria vaccine development by providing the first evidence that genetically …
Pneumococcal protein antigen serology varies with age and may predict …
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Background: Several Streptococcus pneumoniae proteins play a role in pathogenesis and are being investigated as vaccine targets.
Some pregnant women not told of free vaccine
New research on a killer disease suggests health workers need to do more to promote whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy. The vaccine has been state-funded for women between 28 and 38 weeks in pregnancy since 2013, but it is estimated that fewer than 20% of eligible women are having the jabs, compared with up to 60% in Britain.
Louisiana on high alert after recent outbreaks of mumps
The Louisiana Department of Health is on high alert after recent outbreaks of mumps in other parts of the country. There haven’t been any cases in Louisiana yet, but state health officials are still very concerned about mumps outbreaks in neighboring states.
Volunteers get bit to test new strategy for malaria vaccine
… vaccine candidate, made with pieces of the parasite, protects only about a third of children. Still, the World Health Organization plans pilot projects in Africa in 2018 to test whether the partial protection offers enough benefit for widespread …
Virginia’s flu level ‘widespread’
Drugstores and their pharmacies have become common sites for flu shots, but they increasingly hope to attract and retain customers with in-person and online health counseling, personalized programs and other offerings.
Experts urge vaccinations as authorities warn of measles outbreak
A leading infectious disease expert is warning of a possible measles outbreak in Australia. Numerous cases have been reported in each state and territory, except for the ACT, over the past 12 months. Featured: Lauren McNee, mother Frank Bowden, Canberra Hospital, infectious disease specialist
It is critical for physicians to use their long-held trust wisely
During sports physical appointments, I routinely address preventive health topics that range from asking about alcohol, drugs, and sexuality, to addressing accident prevention and updating immunizations. At one such appointment recently, a young male teen was due for two routine vaccines.
PA Dept. of Health: Add Healthy Choices to Your New Year’s Resolution List
Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy is encouraging Pennsylvanians to add easy health choices to their list of New Year’s resolutions. “Many of us make resolutions to better ourselves in the New Year,” Murphy said.
Flu cases on the rise in Jackson County
Flu cases are on the rise in Jackson County, and health experts are advising residents to take precautions to avoid spreading the illness. Jackson County Public Health reports the cases of influenza-like illnesses in the county are higher than the state-wide average.