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A combination vaccine offered to mothers from 28 weeks of gestation may offer protection for infants born prematurely

Vaccination in Pregnancy May Offer Protection for Preemies

Infants born to vaccinated mothers have higher antibody concentrations of vaccine antigens
Concomitant administration of inactivated influenza vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or diphtheria-tetanus-acellular-pertussis-containing vaccine is associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures

Risk of Febrile Seizures Up With Vaccine Combos

Administration of IIV3 on same day as PCV or DTaP-containing vaccine linked to increased risk
Receipt of influenza vaccination may reduce heart failure patients' risk of hospitalization

Flu Vaccine Can Help Keep Heart Failure Patients Out of Hospital

Vaccination tied with lower risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory infections
Pregnant women who receive influenza vaccination may be protecting their infants as well as themselves against the virus

Flu Vaccine in Pregnancy Protects Mother and Infant

Infants benefit when a woman gets influenza immunization during pregnancy, researchers confirm
Influenza vaccination may be more effective when people receive it in the morning than in the afternoon

Influenza Vaccination Timing Appears to Affect Efficacy

Vaccination seems to provide greater immune response in the morning than in the afternoon
A new two-step Ebola vaccine strategy has shown some promise in early clinical trials

Early Trials Offer Promising Results for 2-Step Ebola Vaccine

One vaccine provided first as a primer, and the second given as a booster
Despite an increased proportion of Bordetella pertussis isolates lacking pertactin

Efficacy of DTaP, Tdap Holds Despite Pertactin Deficiency

Similar estimates for DTaP, Tdap VE to other settings, despite high prevalence of pertactin deficiency
Recommendations have been developed to increase human papillomavirus vaccine uptake

ASCO Presents Guidelines for Increasing HPV Vaccine Uptake

Oncologists should raise awareness of HPV-related cancers and role of vaccinations
Women receiving trivalent influenza vaccination are less likely to experience a stillbirth

Stillbirth Less Likely for Women Receiving Trivalent Flu Vaccine

Largest relative reduction in stillbirths seen for births occurring just after influenza season
Surgery patients don't have an increased risk for complications if they receive an influenza vaccine while in the hospital

Influenza Vaccine Safe for Patients in Hospital for Surgery

Findings show it won't increase complications