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While measles incidence is extremely low in the United States

More U.S. Measles Cases From No Vaccine vs. Imported Disease

Failure to vaccinate, rather than vaccine performance, appears to be driving transmission
Tetanus toxoid

Tdap Given in Pregnancy Protects Infants From Pertussis

Multivariable vaccine effectiveness estimate 77.7 percent for Tdap administered during third trimester
A Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine is efficacious for prevention of typhoid fever

Vi-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine Can Prevent Typhoid

Vaccine efficacy was 54.6 percent for Vi-conjugate in human infection model of Salmonella Typhi
More than 78 percent of health care personnel and 53.6 percent of pregnant women received influenza vaccination during the 2016-2017 influenza season

More Than 78 Percent of Health Care Personnel Receive Flu Shot

But only 53.6 percent of pregnant women received flu shot before/during pregnancy in 2016-2017
Adults with work-related asthma are more likely that those with non-work-related asthma to have received pneumococcal vaccination

Pneumococcal Vaccine for Only Half With Work-Related Asthma

54 percent of adults with work-related asthma, 35 percent with non-work-related asthma vaccinated
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination within seven days of birth may reduce the risk of allergic diseases

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine May Reduce Atopic Dermatitis

Findings among newborns vaccinated within seven days of birth
A combination antibody strategy could be the key to halting the spread of HIV

Combination Strategy Could Be Key in HIV Prevention

Research supports need for regimens that protect against several targets
From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 there was a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type human papillomavirus among unvaccinated young women aged 18 to 26 years

Vaccine-Type HPV Rates Down for Unvaccinated Young Women

Significant decrease among unvaccinated women aged 18 to 26 years from 2009-2010 to 2013-2014
A third dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine lowers the risk of mumps during an outbreak

Third Dose of MMR Vaccine Could Help Curb Mumps Outbreaks

Students who received a third dose during an outbreak had a lower risk of becoming infected
There was an increase in the number of children with medical exemptions from immunization in California from 2015 to 2016 after elimination of personal belief exemptions

Increase in Medical Exemptions From Immunization in California

Increase in percent of MEs in first year following bill eliminating personal belief exemption