The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that all children aged 6 months or older should receive the seasonal flu vaccine, according to a recently published policy statement.
According to a survey published by the AAP, pediatricians are encountering more vaccine refusals from parents than previously recorded.
The number of 13- to 17-year-old boys and girls getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine increased slightly for the second year in a row, according to data from CDCs 2014 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen), published in this weeks Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
While measles and the human papillomavirus (HPV) are vastly different diseases, failing to get vaccinated against them can have equally serious consequences, suggests Bradley Stoner, PhD, a medical anthropologist who studies infectious disease transmission at Washington University in St. Louis.
A Rutgers University Infectious Diseases Expert Discusses the Myths and Facts of the Measles Outbreak and the Vaccine Gap That Has Put Certain Adults at Risk
In baseball, 3 strikes and youre out. The most common annual vaccine targets 3 strains of flu virus. This year, 2 vaccine strains are spot on and successfully matched. One strain is partially mismatched, but still believed to offer partial coverage for that strain.
A breast cancer vaccine developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer, results of an early clinical trial indicate.
Scientists have found a way to find the proverbial needle in the cancer antigen haystack, according to a report published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
