Tag: Vaccines
More Than 14 Million Preteens Need to Receive HPV Vaccine
>14 million need to receive two doses of vaccine to reach goal of 80 percent vaccination by 2026
Three-Quarters of Health Care Workers Got Flu Shot Last Year
Lowest rates seen among health workers in long-term care settings
80,000 Americans Died From Influenza Over Last Year
2017 to 2018 flu strains hit the very young and elderly especially hard; poor vaccine/strain match-up
Active Choice Intervention Tied to Increase in Flu Shot Rates
Vaccination rates decrease throughout the day; with intervention, similar increase throughout day
AAP Updates Recommendations for Pediatric Flu Vaccination
All children age 6 months and older, including teens, advised to undergo annual immunization
Gaps in Prevention, Management of Tickborne Diseases Identified
Diagnostic and surveillance limitations and lack of treatment options, vaccines hamper efforts
CDC: HPV Vaccination Rates Increasing Among Adolescents
Proportion of teens up to date with HPV vaccines also increasing; reached 48.6 percent in 2017
Physicians Lack Knowledge About Serogroup MenB Vaccination
Primary care docs who are somewhat or not aware of MenB vaccine are less likely to discuss vaccination
Education RE: Herd Immunity Can Up Readiness to Be Vaccinated
Educating adults about herd immunity can up the proportion willing to be vaccinated for influenza
Catch-Up HPV Doses Effective to Age 21 Against Cervical Neoplasia
But catch-up doses not effective against CIN for women who initiated vaccination at 21 to 26 years
