Findings of a recently updated systematic review support the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation that children infected with HIV should be revaccinated against measles following immune reconstitution with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART).
There were 125 reports of 192 patients receiving expired injectable inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV) during the last flu season (July 11, 2018 to March 29, 2019), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The CDC acknowledged that VAERS “likely captures only a small fraction of expired IIV…
Administration of extra dose of a vaccine was not associated with the presence of new or unexpected adverse health events or safety issues.
A bill that would tighten control over vaccination exemptions for children in California was sent by state senators to the Assembly.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dengvaxia (dengue tetravalent vaccine, live; Sanofi) for the prevention of dengue disease caused by dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
The AAP says that in the 2019 to 2020 flu season, it will support the use of any licensed influenza vaccine, in accordance with guidance from the CDC.
Once again, a large study of Danish residents confirmed that the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine is not associated with an increase in autism.
Google, Facebook, and Pinterest need to take more action against the growing threat to children posed by online misinformation about vaccines.
Pregnant women placed a high premium on clinical evidence when considering whether or not to participate in a hypothetic clinical trial of a Zika virus vaccine.
The move follows a measles outbreak that has sickened at least 67 people in Washington and 3 neighboring states.
