Immunization - Adult Immunization News

• Drugmakers to Raise US Prices on Over 250 Medicines Starting Jan. 1 Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer cell therapies and...
  Reuters Health Information, December 31, 2024
• Kids’ Flu Vaccination Rates Continue to Plummet This Season The big drop in child flu vaccination rates last year appears to not be a blip.
  WebMD Health News, December 13, 2024
• Trump to Discuss Ending Childhood Vaccination Programs With RFK Jr U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and...
  Reuters Health Information, December 12, 2024
• AMR Could Surpass Cancer as Leading Cause of Death by 2050 The importance of vaccination in helping address the concerning rise in antimicrobial resistance was emphasized by experts in the field.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2024
• US CDC Expects COVID and RSV Levels to Increase in Coming Weeks The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it expects to see an increase in levels of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the...
  Reuters Health Information, November 20, 2024
• Nirsevimab Resistance Mutations Rare in RSV, Study Shows Widespread distribution of nirsevimab to infants with respiratory syncytial virus infection raised concerns about potential resistance mutations.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2024
• Global Measles Cases Jumped in 2023 Due to 'inadequate' Vaccine Coverage Measles cases rose 20% last year, driven by a lack of vaccine coverage in the world's poorest countries and those riddled with conflict, the World Health Organization and...
  Reuters Health Information, November 14, 2024
• Gardasil 9 at 10 Years: A Brief History Human papilloma virus vaccine has cut rates of cervical cancer, oropharyngeal cancers, as well as anogenital malignancies and infections linked to genital warts.
  Medscape Medical News, November 01, 2024
• Europe’s Polio-Free Status Is Not a Done Deal Europe is still polio-free, but that status is not guaranteed, with concerns around immunization rates and containment issues in some vaccine manufacturing facilities.
  Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2024
• COVID Greatly Increases Diabetes Risk in Kids and Teens As the nation searches for ways to reduce the number of young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new prevention pathway is emerging: Avoiding COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, October 17, 2024
• Medscape Report: Age-Related Competency Tests Divide Doctors Physicians weigh in on malpractice, patient gifts, romantic relationships, and more in Medscape's latest survey.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2024
• WHO Approves Bavarian Nordic's Mpox Vaccine for Adolescents The World Health Organization said on Monday it had approved Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered especially...
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2024
• Live Rotavirus Vax Safe for Babies of Biologic-Treated Moms Evidence suggested there is little risk in administering the live rotavirus vaccine to the babies of mothers on biologics during pregnancy for inflammatory bowel disease.
  Medscape Medical News, October 11, 2024
• Falling Vaccinations Contribute to Rising Pertussis Rates Recent data from the CDC showed a decline in pertussis vaccinations in adults and schoolchildren.
  Medscape Medical News, October 07, 2024
• Kindergarten Vaccine Exemptions Soar to New High More children started kindergarten last year without having first received recommended vaccines for highly contagious and dangerous diseases.
  WebMD Health News, October 07, 2024
• ECTRIMS 2024 Time to Revisit the Treatment Approach in Kids With MS? Evidence is rising in favor of using highly effective DMTs to treat pediatric MS, but with few licensed for pediatric use, it may be time to rethink the standard treatment approach.
  Medscape Medical News, September 30, 2024
• Whooping Cough Rising Fast, Especially Among Teens The CDC said 14,569 cases had been reported as of September 14, compared to 3475 in all of 2023.
  WebMD Health News, September 23, 2024
• Alert EMA Broadens Imvanex Vaccine Use to Teens as Mpox Cases Rise With more than 200 mpox-related deaths reported globally, the EMA has approved Imvanex for adolescents aged 12-17 years.
  Medscape Medical News, September 20, 2024
• Pediatricians Scale Back on COVID Shots Some physicians are struggling to predict whether parents are interested in them administering the updated COVID-19 vaccine to their children.
  KFF Health News, September 05, 2024
• Primary Care: Re Carpe Your Diem As physician shortages and rising administrative burdens made life difficult for primary care providers, practice innovation based on team-based care principles and virtual medicine promised relief.
  Medscape Medical News, August 19, 2024