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Jun 27th, 2022 - Controlled infection studies in malaria-naive adults suggest increased vaccine efficacy for fractional-dose versus full-dose regimens of RTS,S/AS01. We report first results of an ongoing trial assessing different fractional-dose regimens in childr...

Jun 26th, 2022 - To describe injuries and outcomes of casualties of Beirut Port Blast treated at a large tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon. A retrospective observational study assessing the spectrum of injuries, treatment, and medical outcome among casualtie...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Rationale and Aims: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have evidence of persistent immunosuppression following chemotherapy and may experience waning of immunity to vaccines received prior to treatment. There is no standard of care i...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Today, vaccines are still recognized as one of the most important public health services, and millions of lives are saved each year. Despite the success of vaccination, such as eradicating certain diseases in the community and preventing epidemics...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Several approaches have so far been employed to establish anti-tumor immunity by targeting HER2 protein. Active immunization with recombinant HER2 subdomains has previously been demonstrated to induce potent immune response and tumor growth inhibi...

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...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Today, vaccines are still recognized as one of the most important public health services, and millions of lives are saved each year. Despite the success of vaccination, such as eradicating certain diseases in the community and preventing epidemics...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Rationale and Aims: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have evidence of persistent immunosuppression following chemotherapy and may experience waning of immunity to vaccines received prior to treatment. There is no standard of care i...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Many vaccine-preventable diseases, like influenza, pertussis, and tetanus cause substantial morbidity and mortality in pregnant women, newborns and infants. Immunization during pregnancy has the potential to provide protection to the newborn and i...

Jun 15th, 2022 - Problem: Pakistan has the highest neonatal mortality rate in the world (44.2 per 1000 live births), accounting for 7% of the world's neonatal deaths, and among the worst maternal mortality rate in the region (178 per 100,000 live births). These in...

Jun 13th, 2022 - This is a global Phase 3 study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational study drug (called PF-06651600) in adults and adolescents (12 years and older) who have alopecia areata. Eligible patients from the prior studies B793100...

May 1st, 2022 - In this column I have previously discussed the microbiome and its importance to health, especially as it relates to infections in children. Given the appreciated connection between microbiome and immunity, my group in Rochester, N.

Apr 22nd, 2022 - The vaccination rate among kindergartners fell to around 94% during the 2020-21 school year, a drop of about 1% from the previous school year, the CDC said Thursday. Nationally, 93.9% of children received two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella v...

Apr 21st, 2022 - Vaccination rates among kindergarteners dipped below the public health target of 95% during the 2020-2021 school year, the CDC said. National coverage was 93.9% for the two-dose measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, 93.6% for the state-requir...

Mar 30th, 2022 - (Reuters) - The European Union is setting up centres on its borders to Ukraine to receive and distribute refugees in need of healthcare to member states best placed for treating them, the EU health commissioner said on Tuesday. "We are working clo...

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.