Oral cholera vaccine effective for outbreak control
Image: PD 1. The Shanchol oral cholera vaccine was effective at preventing cholera in the setting of an outbreak in ...
Tag: vaccines
Financial incentives improve Hep B vaccination rate among injection drug users
Image: PD 1. Patients undergoing treatment for heroin addiction who received small financial incentives (maximum £30 of supermarket vouchers) were ...
Rotavirus vaccine 116E shown effective and affordable in India
Image: PD 1. Rotavirus vaccine 116E was shown to have similar efficacy to current vaccines RotaTeq and Rotarix in developing ...
Pro-vaccine messages not associated with increased vaccination intent
Image: US Navy/PD 1. Corrective information successfully changed misconceptions about the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine causing autism, although the message was ...
Low adult vaccination rates due to financial barriers
Image: PD 1. From a survey of general internists (GIMs) and family practice physicians (FMs), the most common barriers of ...
Childhood varicella vaccination not linked with greater adult herpes zoster infection
Image: PD 1. The incidence of herpes zoster among United States adults has been increasing since 1992 2. However, the ...
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, ...
Pneumococcal vaccine associated with a decrease in pneumonia hospitalizations
Image: PD 1. Since the pneumococcal vaccine PCV7 was introduced in 2000, the US saw an overall annual reduction of ...
[Policy Statement] American Academy of Pediatrics releases updated vaccination schedule
Jan 28th - Released today, the AAP, CDC and the American Academy of Family Physicians have finalized 2013 vaccine recommendations. ...
Undervaccination becoming more common, associated with increased patient admission rates
Image: PD 1. Undervaccination is an increasing trend among US children, with alternative vaccination schedules becoming more popular. 2. Compared ...
