Significant percentage of pediatricians dismiss families who refuse vaccines
1. A total of 83% of physicians reported encountering parents who refuse vaccines for their child, 14% stated that they ...
Tag: immunization
New vaccine shown to prevent a significant number of malaria cases in phase 3 trial
1. In this phase 3, randomized controlled trial, the candidate vaccine RTS,S/AS01 with or without a booster dose prevented a ...
Study identifies geographic clusters of underimmunization in Northern California
1. Among children in 13 Northern California counties, 5 statistically significant geographic clusters were identified where rates of underimmunization ranged ...
Clinical efficacy of quadrivalent HPV vaccine persists after 8 years
1. Among preadolescents and adolescents treated with HPV4 quadrivalent vaccine, anti-HPV seropositivity persisted through 96 months post-vaccination. 2. No new ...
Vitamin K refusal for newborns linked to non-immunization
1. Parents who used a midwife to deliver their child and those who delivered at home or in a birthing center ...
MMR vaccination intentions higher with direct benefit education
1. Parents had higher intentions of vaccinating their child with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine if told about the vaccine’s direct ...
HPV catch-up vaccine completion low among pregnant and black women
1. More than 40% of women who began the 3-dose vaccine series did not complete it. 2. Women are black, ...
Quadrivalent influenza vaccine efficacious in children
Image: PD 1. Quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) was found to have efficacy of approximately 60% in protecting children from influenza. ...
Shared decision-making associated with increased parental resistance to vaccinations
Image: PD 1. Providers’ use of a participatory format when initiating vaccine conversations with parents, rather than a presumptive format, ...
Flu vaccine not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes
Image: PD 1. In a large cohort study, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with adverse obstetric ...
