Vaccines
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HPV vaccine doesn’t provide herd immunity or crossprotection
Key clinical point: HPV types 16 and 18 have significantly decreased since the advent of the vaccine, but only among vaccinated women. Major...
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Ontario’s infant rotavirus immunization program found effective
A Canadian publicly funded rotavirus immunization program was successful in preventing hospitalizations and ED visits for RV-specific acute...
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Flu vaccination cut hospitalizations in heart failure patients
Key clinical point: When heart failure patients received an influenza vaccination, their rate of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease and...
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Study shows significant progress toward elimination of polio
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Hepatitis A and B combo vaccinations remain effective after 15 years
Young adults who received a combined hepatitis A and B vaccination at age 12-15 years maintained immunity after 15 years, making a booster shot...
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Hepatitis B vaccine in infancy provides long-term protection into adolescence
Pediatric doses of hepatitis B vaccine can provide long-term protection against hepatitis B up to 15-16 years.
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Malaria vaccine provides long-term protection in phase I trial
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Primary care residents’ approach to HPV vaccine vary by specialty
SAN DIEGO – Only about a third of ob.gyn. and internal medicine residents always recommend the vaccine.
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Vaccination rates high at kindergarten entry, but gaps remain
Most families’ kindergarteners met the full vaccination requirements of their state in a 2013 national survey, although 17% of parents were...
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Immunization improves with bidirectional data exchange between EHRs and registries
The implementation of bidirectional information sharing between electronic health records (EHRs) and immunization registries resulted in improved...
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Male HPV vaccination rates soar with intensive QI project
A 3-year quality improvement (QI) measure succeeded in delivering the full human papillomavirus series to more than four out of five eligible boys...