Vaccines
January 09, 2007
Researchers report that more effective flu vaccines might be on the horizon.
Researchers report that more effective flu vaccines might be on the horizon. While researchers have already deciphered the molecular structures of essentially all flu virus strains, less is understood about how the immune system recognizes these pathogens. Researchers 58 strains of influenza A virus.
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2007 vaccination schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued its annual recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents in the United States -- these include extending the age range for influenza vaccination and giving the new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, to girls between 11 and 12 years old.
Posted by Michael Monheit at 11:22 AM | Permalink
January 08, 2007
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children and kills roughly 500,000 children a year globally. In the United States, rotavirus affects 2.7 million children in an average year and 75 percent of children get diarrhea from rotavirus by their 5th birthday.
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November 03, 2006
Does your daughter need another vaccine?
If Merck & Co. have their way (and they do), girls will be vaccinated with the new cervical cancer vaccine, Gardisil. The Centers for Disease Control added Gardisil to the already existing vaccine regimen for girls and women 9 to 26 years old.
Gardisil is a ready-to-use, three-dose, intramuscular vaccine which should be administered in three separate intramuscular injections in the upper arm or upper thigh over a six-month period. (Yahoo)
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