Vaccination

Patients suffering from celiac disease have higher odds of developing pneumonia if they haven’t received the pneumococcal vaccine.

What’s being described as a “research trifecta†is making waves in effort to find a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Researchers suggest that acute otitis media rates during a baby’s first year have declined in recent years.

Flu vaccinations appear to be more effective when given in the morning as opposed to the afternoon.

There has been no official statement on the cause of Prince's death, but there have been reports that he was ill with the flu.

The flu vaccine may reduce the risk of stillbirth, suggests new research from the Western Australia Department of Health (WA Health).

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A vaccine to combat the most common arboviral disease in the world may finally be here.

The degree to which the influenza vaccine protects patients from the virus depends on their ethnic background and other inherited factors.

The number of Zika cases are on the rise and a vaccine is still years away. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), returned from assessing the Zika response efforts in Puerto Rico.

A 19-month-old boy died from meningitis, an illness that can be prevented through vaccination.

Patients with rheumatic disease are undervaccinated, but education and communication can help boost vaccination rates.

The prevalence of the cancer-causing human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) in US adolescent girls has steadily been dropping following the initial recommendation for the HPV vaccine in 2006.

A retrospective analysis of records from more than 55,000 patients indicates that influenza infection increases the risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) and that increased vaccination could reduce AF onset.

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It was only yesterday that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Zika virus is an international public health emergency. Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine division of Sanofi, announced today that it has launched a vaccine development effort.

The Zika virus doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere, and officials have gone as far as advising women not to get pregnant in order to avoid potential birth defects.

Blood analysis in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as psoriatic arthritis indicates that biologic medications do not reduce the efficacy of anti-pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, and that patients with such conditions may not need to be vaccinated more frequently than others.

The research shows conclusively that the influenza vaccine is effective at protecting people from sickness. But unfortunately, not every person is eligible to receive the potentially life-saving vaccination.

It’s not too late to get a flu vaccine, and now there’s a new one to consider. The first seasonal flu vaccine containing an adjuvant, Fluad, received accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adults age 65 and older.

The FDA has approved a new indication for BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to prevent disease following suspected or confirmed exposure to Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax disease.

While many people get their flu vaccine on a yearly basis there are some who are still hesitant while others simply refuse. New modes of delivery and new guidelines aim to help answer some lingering questions patients may have.

Childhood pertussis carries an increased risk of developing epilepsy, Danish researchers report.

Vaccination is a hot topic of controversy, to say the very least. But if patients refuse to get vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles and mumps, some doctors will go as far as to dismiss the families from their practices.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are less likely to be protected from hepatitis B than their non RA counterparts, according to research presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress earlier this year in Rome, Italy.

The flu season of 2014 was one of the worst in recent memory which brought up questions about the flu vaccine which patients received in order to prevent contracting the disease. The answers for those questions could provide better results in years to come.

October has been pinpointed as the start of flu season in the United States. So if prevention of the contagious illness isn't enough to convince patients to get their influenza vaccine, a new analysis involving stroke risk just might.

Although there was widespread circulation of influenza viruses that were antigenically drifted from the vaccine virus, last year's flu vaccine appears to have been effective in preventing severe illness requiring hospitalization.

Nine million US children have not been vaccinated for measles, raising concerns that there could be major outbreaks of the illness, researchers said at ID Week 2015.

Influenza vaccination among adults aged 18 to 64 appears to be associated with decreased rates of illness related to influenza among elderly adults living in the same area, according to Cleveland Clinic Research.