ALLMedicine™ Diphtheria Center

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Maternal antibody interference of the infant's humoral immune responses raises some concern to the strategy of maternal Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis [aP]) vaccination. This study assessed the impact of maternal Tdap antibodies on...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Pertussis and seasonal influenza are responsible for significant maternal, neonatal, and infant morbidity and mortality, but vaccine coverage rates (VCR) for both pertussis (administered as a tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis [Tdap] vaccina...

Dec 1st, 2021 - The aim of this study was to investigate the representativeness of the German IQVIA Vaccine Analyzer (VA) database with respect to vaccination rates in Germany. Descriptive statistics for the demographic characteristics of the patients like gender...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Many hospitalized children are underimmunized. We assessed the association between hospital immunization practices and tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap), meningococcal, human papillomavirus (HPV), and influenza vaccine delivery. ...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - WESTMINSTER, COLO. – Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb.

Feb 7th, 2020 - On December 21, 2018 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a hexavalent combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTaP) adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate (meningo...

Jan 24th, 2020 - Since 2005, a single dose of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine has been recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for adolescents and adults (1,2). After receipt of Tdap,...

May 26th, 2018 - Immunization is an essential part of care for adults, including pregnant women. Influenza vaccination for pregnant women is especially important because pregnant women who contract influenza are at greater risk of maternal morbidity and mortality ...

Apr 28th, 2018 - This report compiles and summarizes all recommendations from CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding prevention and control of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis in the United States. As a comprehensive summary of previ...

Aug 24th, 2017 - The overwhelming majority of morbidity and mortality attributable to pertussis infection occurs in infants who are 3 months and younger. Infants do not begin their own vaccine series against pertussis until approximately 2 months of age. This leav...

Nov 16th, 2021 - The standard of care for children with DIPG includes external beam focal radiotherapy (RT) but outcomes have remained dismal despite this treatment. The addition of oral Temozolomide (TMZ) concurrently with focal irradiation followed by maintenanc...

Nov 15th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, ability of GSK Biologicals' investigational RSV maternal vaccine (RSVPreF3) to generate an immune response and the degree to which the vaccine can cause side effects, when administered alone and...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Infants under 6 months of age at increased risk of both influenza (flu) and pertussis disease, and pregnant women risk serious illness and premature labor from flu. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that women receive a f...

Oct 20th, 2021 - This study will be divided into 3 timepoints: Epoch 1- Primary- From day 1 to day 301 Epoch 2-Secondary-From day 301 to day 331 Epoch 3-Safety follow up -From day 331 to study end (day 661) In addition to receiving the study vaccines, infants will...

Oct 20th, 2021 - This is a phase 1/2, single-centre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, active-controlled, age de-escalation trial. Age de-escalation will be based on a review of the safety data from the preceding cohort (adults for toddlers and toddlers for ...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - WESTMINSTER, COLO. – Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb.

Nov 15th, 2021 - Key clinical point: Individuals who had received diphtheria or tetanus vaccinations in the last 10 years were less likely to develop severe COVID-19 compared with those who had not received them. Major finding: The study included 103,049 participa.

Jul 15th, 2021 - Tennessee recently made national news when the state fired its top-ranking vaccination official, Michelle Fiscus, MD, and reports surfaced that the state health department was ceasing outreach to adolescents about all vaccines, not just COVID-19 v...

Jul 14th, 2021 - Vaccination series against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP); tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap); and tetanus and diphtheria (Td) provide necessary protection against these diseases and their associated complications. It is importan...

Jul 7th, 2021 - (Reuters) - Older individuals who have gotten a diphtheria or tetanus vaccine booster shot in the last 10 years may be at lower risk for severe COVID-19, a new study suggests. Using a large UK registry, researchers looked back at 10 years of immun...