Daily News 2013-06-28

Fri, 06/28/2013 - 12:01pm — admin

My Daughter and Cervarix: Suffering I Cannot Take Away

Many Oklahoma parents shunning vaccinations, pediatrics expert warns

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, List of Petitions Received

Accountant general stops payment for purchase of vaccines

SIDS And Vaccines….Is There A Connection?

Immune Design and Medicago Announce License Agreement and Collaboration to Develop Novel Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza Vaccines

Professor Ian Frazer's newest vaccine against genital herpes has reached clinical trial stage

New research finds flu shot effective regardless of circulating strains

Researchers use gold particles in novel vaccination method

MMRGlobal Receives Cancer Fighting Vaccine Patent in Hong Kong

CDC Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Case Count: Detected U.S. Human Infections with H3N2v by State since August 2011

CDC Seasonal Influenza (Flu) 2012-2013 Influenza Season Week 25 ending June 22, 2013 

CDC Seasonal Influenza (Flu) CDC Study Shows Flu Vaccination Prevents Significant Flu Illness, Doctor’s Visits and Hospitalizations

Influenza Vaccination Coverage: How well did we do in 2012-13 (pdf)

News Scan for Jun 28, 2013 VRSA in Latin America; Safe West Nile spraying; Kenya polio vaccination

Flu Scan for Jun 28, 2013 GBS risk with flu, vaccine; Flu viruses in Alaska birds

WHO revises MERS-CoV surveillance advice

Poultry contact, chronic illness cited as H7N9 risk factors

Children most likely to transmit infectious disease - More than 5,000 UK residents were surveyed to analyse the population’s complex interactions

Interplay of ecology, infectious disease, wildlife and human health featured at annual conference

Keep our food safe: diseases expert calls for ban on some antibiotics for animals

Health Freedom Steps in Where Autism Leaders Fear to Tread... - They Used the "V" Word (Vaccines) - Right in Big Pharma's Face.. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen

In Our View: Healthier Classrooms

The two most trusted resources for solid science are the most personal of contacts (your family physician), as well as the nationally respected Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which proclaims on http://www.cdc.gov: "We don't vaccinate just ...
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Polio Outbreak In Somalia Jeopardizes Global Eradication

Local health officials in Somalia have launched three massive vaccination drives, Bari says, and Kenya has already carried out two special immunization campaigns in the refugee camp. When outbreaks like these occur, she says, the goal is to break the ...
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Patients don’t face increased Guillain-Barre syndrome risk after vaccination

The Vaccine Study Centre found that variables which change over time, such as infectious diseases or rates of vaccination, can cause confusion in observational studies, where collected data is assessed rather than randomising people to treatment ...
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ACOG Issues Opinions on Ethics and Vaccinations

Spurred by "the growing importance of infectious disease prevention in the individual patient and the larger community," the goal of the committee was for ob-gyns to "be prepared to navigate the practical and ethical challenges that come with ...
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Does the 2013 US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Really Recommend 27 Shots ...

Sub-unit vaccines are made using only the part of the pathogen that will jumpstart the body's immune system -- not the whole thing. The HPV vaccine for example uses just the outer protein coating of the human papillomavirus. Risks and side effects of ...
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Today in healthcare: Friday 28 June

It is important to emphasise that the acute and delayed risks of measles are far greater than vaccine-related adverse side-effects. A recent article in Nursing Times reported that 20% of adults regarded vaccinations as unsafe. Public Health England ...
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Secondary Headaches of the Nervous System

While many different kinds of health conditions can cause headaches, diseases of the nervous system such as stroke and meningitis are especially prone to headaches due to the close connection of the brain and spinal cord. Other types of secondary ...
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Five-year-old girl who lost her limbs to meningitis runs for the first time ...

... games and activities with her friends.' Charlotte said: 'I love being able to run, it's really good.' Charlotte contracted meningitis when she was two and Ms Daniels was at first told her daughter could lose her fingers and toes after she developed ...
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NDIS roll out begins in July

Families should note meningococcal C, pneumococcal and chickenpox vaccines, and a combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox for kids aged 18 months, will be included on the list of required child immunisations to receive the full ...
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Reminder for parents of measles threat

Two doses of MMR vaccine can provide good protection against measles, mumps and rubella. Rochdale Borough has a good uptake of the MMR vaccine but some children have missed one or both of their MMR jabs. A national MMR catch up campaign is ...
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'Measles affects a large number of children every year globally'

Friday, June 28, 2013 - Faisalabad—A large number of children are affected by measles each year globally and its outbreak is common in many countries, including Europe. This was stated by speakers at an awareness seminar on “Measles and Polio” ...
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DOH plans to wipe out polio

Tayag said: “To ensure that every child in this country is immunized, the 2014 budget of the Department of Health for the immunization program was increased to P3.4 billion. This is P1.5 billion higher than this year's P1.9-billion budget. The Expanded ...
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Brazil Extends Polio Vaccination Campaign

28 de junio de 2013, 11:13Brasilia, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Ministry of Health extended its polio vaccination campaign through July 5 in order to immunize at least 95 percent of children between six months and five years old. A note from ...
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Health campaign takes a shot at Sandy-related illnesses in Ocean County

The county health mobile outreach vehicle, which is similar to a motorhome, visited the Ortley Beach A&P parking lot on Wednesday, bringing tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (TDAP) vaccines to local residents. It has been visiting other towns at the ...
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Professor Ian Frazer's newest vaccine against genital herpes has reached ...

The new technology aims to be a prevention and cure for the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-2) and if successful, could lead to effective vaccinations or remedies for currently incurable viruses like HIV-AIDS or hepatitis C. Professor Ian Frazer, whose work ...
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Babies vaccinated against tummy bug

Babies in Northern Ireland are to be vaccinated against rotavirus, a stomach bug that causes severe diarrhoea. Babies vaccinated against tummy bug. Baby Jaz gets vaccinated against rotavirus. (© PHA). Four hundred under fives are hospitalised every ...
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State US Fight Against Polio

THE government will start compulsory immunisation of children against measles twice from July for an indefinite period. Children will be vaccinated when they are nine months and when they are 18 months to "totally" eradicate the disease. Addressing a ...
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G8 must renew its commitment to end polio

As I read the final communiqué from the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Ireland, I was struck by the virtual silence on global health and development. This absence is especially unfortunate given that one of the G8's long-standing health priorities, polio ...
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No risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome found after vaccination ... - Healio

Infectious Disease | New data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases provided no evidence that there is an increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome after ...
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BioE to supply vaccine to Egypt

Pentavalent vaccines combine the antigens for five infectious diseases in a single shot, namely diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib). (This article was published on June 27, 2013). Keywords: Vaccine ...
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Need stressed for Hepatitis-A vaccination

A healthcare specialist in the country on Thursday stressed the need of vaccination against Hepatitis-A, especially in children, as it is one of the most frequent infectious liver diseases affecting children worldwide. Hepatitis-A is a viral liver ...
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HPV Vaccination In India: An Historic Opportunity....And A Daunting Challenge

This has been the approach adopted by the Indian government to the prevention of primary liver cancer caused by hepatitis B virus (HPV), as well as other infectious diseases. Because the two available HPV vaccines do not protect against all HPV types ...
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Sabin Vaccine Institute Launches International Association of Immunization Managers. New Association Seeks To Support Immunization Managers to Achieve ...
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HPV: A Complicated Vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), but medical debate about the appropriate time of administration and the general population's growing fears regarding the vaccines' safety continue.
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Indian pharma major to supply vaccines to Egypt

Gavi, formerly the global alliance for vaccines and immunisation, is a public-private global health partnership to save children by increasing access to immunisation. The company also has strategic partnerships with international biotech and pharma ...
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PHA launches Rotavirus vaccine to protect babies under 4 months

From 1 July 2013 the routine childhood immunisation schedule will include the rotavirus vaccine to protect babies against rotavirus. In Northern Ireland this infection is responsible for around 4,000 GP visits and 400 hospitalisations every year in ...
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Flu jab safe for people with asthma

Influenza can be a serious problem for people with asthma, so vaccination seems like a sensible thing to do. But there have been concerns that the flu jab can make people's asthma worse. To find it this is really the case, researchers at Washington ...
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Children to join school for vaccination

MULTAN, June 27: Summer vacation will be suspended for four days in all public and private schools of the district to vaccinate children against measles during a 10-day special campaign likely to begin from July 15. “About 1,192,000 children aged six ...
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Polio Fear at Europe's Door

KIEV, Jun 28 (IPS) - The Ukraine is facing a “real threat” of a return of polio as well as outbreaks of other serious diseases such as mumps, rubella and measles because of a combination of state inefficiency and public mistrust of vaccinations, health ...
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New ACC students must receive vaccine to start class

Alvin Community College students are taking classes for the first time on campus must receive a bacterial meningitis vaccine before the start of fall classes. Students must show proof of receiving the vaccine at least 10 days before the first day of ...
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A family's efforts to fight the disease that took Leamington mum

He added: “Before we lost Lauren, I associated meningitis to young children and babies and a rash that is still visible under a glass. This is such limited knowledge - we need to get the awareness of the symptoms out their to help prevent another young ...
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Anti-measles measures adopted by govt not enough: LHC

LAHORE (FP News Desk) – Lahore High Court on Friday expressed resentment over Punjab Health Department's failure to control measles outbreak. The case was heard by Justice Khalid Mehmood Khan of the Lahore High Court. During case hearing ...
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Whatcom County issues measles warning

BELLINGHAM (NEWS1130) – If you shopped at the Costco in Bellingham or at Bellis Fair last weekend, you may have been exposed to the measles. The Whatcom County health department says someone with the bug shopped at those two places last ...
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Around town

The Marietta City Health Department will extend its hours for the immunization clinic until 6:30 p.m. Monday to accommodate working parents. The extended hours are offered the first Monday of every month. All other Mondays immunizations are offered ...
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Oklahoma parents shunning immunizations is a troubling trend

Proponents of gay rights are buoyed by two decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Wednesday. U.S. v. Windsor, which addressed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), rejected the notion that Congress could adopt a national definition of marriage ...
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Children Under Five Being Immunized With Vitamin-A

Asmara — Reports indicated that a campaign targeting immunization of children under 5 years with Vitamin-A is underway nationwide since yesterday. In this connection, the Ministry of Health has called on parents to take concerned children to nearby ...
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New Santa Rosa immunization clinic hours set

Parents will still be able to obtain copies of their child's Florida Certificate of Immunization, which is required for school entry, during regular business hours, as long as their child's immunizations are up to date. Immunizations are provided at no ...
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Free vaccination clinic scheduled

A free vaccination clinic for dogs and cats will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Miller Landscaping, 1321 E. Ocean Ave. in Lompoc. Pets do not need appointments to receive rabies, DHPP (dogs) and FVRCP (cats) for free, plus bordetella (dogs ...
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Public Meeting Discusses Vaccine Changes

It would raise the required vaccines for kids ages 6-9 by adding Hepatitis A and B along with Meningococcal. The plan would also switch the Tetanus shot for a more comprehensive one to align Minnesota's standards with those in other states. The meeting ...
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Measles latest: Key milestone reached in battle against Welsh measles outbreak

Early indications show that for the first time, over 95% of young people in the Abertawe BroMorgannwg University (ABMU) Health Board area have had at least one dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccination (MMR). Earlier this year, ABMU board ...
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Whooping cough vaccinations urged

Updated at 12:30 pm today. Waikato medical officer of health Anita Bell is urging families expecting babies or with newborns to get them vaccinated for whooping cough. Waikato has had an epidemic of whooping cough or pertussis for about a year and a half.
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PM appoints Dr Saadia Sarwar as in-charge of PM Polio Cell

UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (APP): Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the world's poorest countries grew by 20 per cent last year to a record $26 billion, led by strong gains in Cambodia as well as five African countries, according to a new United ...
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Harassment: Man arrested for lewd comments at polio worker

Police said the woman had been assigned to administer polio drops to children in Tariqabad Colony on Nowshera Road. They said while she was immunising some children, a man later identified as Muhammad Yousaf, a resident of the neighbourhood, ...
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Measles And Polio: Awareness seminar held at GCUF

The awareness seminar titled: Measles and Polio was held at the Government College University Faisalabad in collaboration with its Students' Affairs Directorate, the city district government, the United Nations International Children's Education Fund ...
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Final Word

“For every year we delay in doing so, another 4,400 girls will develop cervical cancer in their lifetimes,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a recent press release. In other words, give your kids a ...
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HPV declines due to vaccine, but how protected are you?

Studies do show the vaccine's effectiveness is 82 percent after just one dose of the three part shot. Amarillo OB/GYN, Brian Eades, says the vaccine is crucial in helping to prevent the top four types of HPV, but what it lacks is protection against ...
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Rotavirus: Vaccine programme is launched in Northern Ireland

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is launching a new childhood vaccination programme to protect babies against the diarrhoea and vomiting bug rotavirus. In Northern Ireland, the infection is responsible for around 4,000 GP visits and 400 hospitalisations ...
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Girl Who Lost 4 Limbs to Meningitis Makes "Tremendous Progress"

What she thought was a bad flu, turned into meningococcal meningitis for 19-year-old Katie Dobrow. Doctors amputated both her arms and legs to stop the virus from spreading, but four months and 20 surgeries later, she is on the way to recovery, which ...
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Two more lost to monster

Two more lost to monster. June 28, 2013. Our Staff Reporter. Two more lost to monster. LAHORE - Two more measles patients breathed their last at different hospitals in the province on Thursday, taking the death toll till today to 180 including 84 in ...
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Child health: Two die from measles

Dr Hassan Ali Khan, focal person for the Punjab government's measles programme, told The Express Tribune that currently, 39 measles patients were under treatment at the two hospitals, including seven in the intensive care unit. Executive District ...
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Possible measles exposure in Bellingham

BELLINGHAM — The Whatcom County Health Department has been notified that a person with measles shopped at Costco and the Bellis Fair Mall, both located on Meridian Street in Bellingham, on Saturday, June 22. Patrons who were at Costco between ...
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Daphne Bramham: Eliminating needless pain and anguish of tetanus

The tetanus vaccine is cheap. It only costs about $2. But the logistics of immunization are challenging. The vaccine itself is heat-sensitive and needs to be kept cold, including when it's being transported to the most remote communities in the poorest ...
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Science News: Chimpanzee Release Is Unproductive For Vaccine Testing ...

Chimpanzees are the only animal to assist in testing vaccines for Hepatitis C, for example. They are considered "uniquely valuable," which unfortunately justifies their use in the lab. According to Reuters, the number of chimps kept for research will ...
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Health news: Pertussis booster, HPV Incidence, more

Only 20percent of adults said they'd received the whooping-cough (pertussis) vaccine less than 10 years ago, while 19percent said they were vaccinated more than 10 years ago and 61percent said they did not know when they were last vaccinated.
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Garry completes running quest

garry run Colborne Rotary President Garry Clement joined more than 60 walkers and runners who enjoyed sunny weather and a gorgeous riverside trail on Sunday, June 9 as they took part in the Rotary Club of Campbellford's 5K Walk/Run to End Polio Now.
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Redeployed: PM's polio control cell staff told to resume work

With all the key officials working with the Prime Minister's Polio Cell transferred to other departments, the state minister for health has asked the staff of the cell to resume work. The PM's cell for polio control — which was closed in May by the ...
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Views clash at hearing on Minnesota childhood vaccinations

The proposal, issued by the Health Department in April, triggered the latest round in a running debate between public health officials, who say widespread vaccination is one of the most effective tools to keep the population healthy, and a well ...
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Experts stress need for vaccination against Hepatitis A

Healthcare specialists in the country have stressed upon the need of vaccination against Hepatitis A especially in children, as it is one of the most frequent infectious liver diseases affecting children world-wide. Hepatitis A is a viral liver disease ...
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HPV-caused oral cancer on the rise

HPV16 is one of the viruses targeted by the HPV vaccine. Khan says as the vaccine becomes more widely used, it's likely there will be fewer cases of this type of oral cancer. In a recent study, however, the number of parents in the US who indicated ...
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HPV vaccine: Promoting sex or health and safety?

Alabama has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the country, and the Alabama Department of Public Health has an idea to reduce it. It wants parents to have their rising sixth-graders, boys and girls, receive the HPV vaccine at the same time ...
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Mothers-to-be urged to get flu vaccination

She said many people mistakenly believe that the flu vaccine will make them sick “(and)…people's fears aren't always easy to undo.” “When prompted, doctors said they advised women to have the vaccine but it seems that many may not be remembering to ...
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BIO praises senators for updating excise tax on vaccines

Without coverage, the new vaccines would not be as widely available to the public. “This is an extremely important public health matter,” Greenwood said. “Updating the vaccine excise tax to bring it into alignment with the newest developments in the ...
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FreeTDaP vaccinations available through Cape giradeau Public Health Center

The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center will offer TDaP or--Tetnis,Diptheris, and Pertussis—vaccinations to adults and children 11 years of age and older in July. Director Jane Wernsman tells KZIM KSIM the shots are required for middle school ...
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Vaccinations alarmingly low for preventable childhood diseases

The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, found that out of 133 children hospitalised for complications of chicken pox infection from 2007 to 2010, only 16 had been ...
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The government's inefficient vaccination programs and the bad nutrition of ...

The doctors at Children's Hospital informed them that Samra was suffering from measles. She was admitted to the special "isolated" ward for measles patients. Despite efforts by the attending doctors, Samra's condition worsened. After battling measles ...
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Whatcom County Health Department warns of possible measles exposure at ...

BELLINGHAM - People who shopped at Costco and at Bellis Fair mall Saturday, June 22, might have been exposed to measles by someone who was contagious and at those locations, the Whatcom County Health Department warned Thursday, June 27.
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Measles alert

There have been three cases of measles on the North Shore, including Bowen Island, and Dr. Réka Gustafson, Vancouver Coastal Health's medical director of communicable disease control, says this is a very unusual occurrence. She is urging Bowen ...
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CDC advisory committee issues recommendation for egg-free vaccine option

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently voted unanimously in favor of recommending FluBlok next flu season for use in individuals with egg allergies, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The ACIP voted 13-0 on ...
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Farmers benefit from Lincoln University student's vaccine gun

Second year Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture) student Brendan Herries has developed a dual vaccination gun that will have many benefits for farmers; a device which has earned him the 2013 Fieldays Innovation Grassroots merit award. From spending ...
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Minn. Parents Speak Out Against Adding Vaccine Requirements

Kids would be required to get Hepatitis A and B vaccines, along with meningococcal. The tetanus shot would be replaced with a more comprehensive shot that covers tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. These are changes that the federal government ...
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Dayton Children's sees influx in whooping cough cases

“Pertussis is an infection in the lungs caused by bacteria most often found in infants and young children,” said Sherman Alter, MD, director of infectious disease at Dayton Children's. “It is very contagious and easily spreads.” Whooping cough often ...
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CDC Goal: More Immunizations For MN Students

A meningococcal vaccination would also be required in seventh grade. “Minnesota recorded 4,485 cases of pertussis in 2012,” said, Kristen Ehresmann, Minnesota Health Department Director of Infectious Disease. “That is the highest number of cases since ...
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Nigerian billionaire: $1 million to fight polio

The project also is opposed by Islamic extremists blamed for the killings of nine women health workers as they were vaccinating children against polio in northern Kano city in February. Offor said the number of documented cases in Nigeria rose from 62 ...
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Rotary International and Gates Foundation join hands to boost polio eradication

MUMBAI: Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) joined hands to address the funding gap in the new strategic plan announced by Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) towards polio eradication. BMGF has announced to ...
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After polio scare, kids in Israel's south may get extra inoculation

Following the discovery of traces of polio virus in sewage in the south, the Health Ministry is considering giving children in the region an additional polio inoculation due to the spread of the virus in communities in the south. The inoculation would ...
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MMRGlobal receives patent for cancer-fighting vaccine

MMRGlobal, Inc., announced on Monday that it was awarded a biotechnology patent in Hong Kong for a B-Cell vaccine to fight lymphoma and potentially other types of cancer. MMR is due to receive the patent, numbered Hong Kong Patent No. 1052295B ...
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MHN recommends all men/boys and women/girls be vaccinated for HPV

Although the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the HPV vaccine for males, the vast majority of them have not been vaccinated—and that leaves them and those they love unprotected against HPV-related conditions and cancers.
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HPV vaccine, proven effective, needs wider use (Other Views)

The vaccine against the HPV virus — a sexually transmitted disease — has been found to cut infections in teen girls by more than half. The infection rate for teens ages 14-19 has dropped from about 12 percent before 2006 to about 5 percent. That's a ...
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No link found between vaccines and nerve-damaging condition

Analyses showed that people were no more likely to develop GBS during those six weeks than they were 1.5 to 9 months following a vaccination, the researchers report in the July 15 Clinical Infectious Diseases. An earlier study had found an association ...
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Achoo! It's Not Just the Flu

They then fed weekly records of influenza and pneumonia in Illinois hospitals between 1989 and 2009 into the computer program. The study specifically focused on pneumococcal pneumonia, which is caused by a type of bacteria called pneumococcus.
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Australia must also caution on Gardasil

On June 14, the Japanese Health Ministry issued a nationwide notice that the so-called 'cervical cancer' vaccinations should not be recommended for girls aged 12 to 16. This precautionary move followed reports of 1,968 cases of possible adverse effects ...
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Tunisia's 'immunisation of the revolution' draft legislation fiercely debated

The draft legislation for the "immunisation of the revolution" is designed, according to its text, to eliminate the "poisonous winds of the counter-revolution". Under the proposals first mooted last year, senior officials who served under Zine El ...
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Children's vaccination rates low – study

Children's vaccination rates low – study. AUSTRALIAN children have alarmingly low rates of vaccination against chicken pox and influenza, University of Sydney researchers have found. The study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ...
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New flu shot designed for those with egg allergies

Current flu shots are made from viruses grown in eggs and could trigger allergic reactions in some cases. The new Flublok vaccine is made with cell technology, which is used for other kinds of vaccines. It was licensed in January by Protein Sciences Corp.
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Law gives public access to 4-strain flu vaccine

“I appreciate the bipartisan cooperation from my colleagues in the House and Senate and applaud the President for swiftly enacting the legislation and working with lawmakers to protect the public against constantly evolving health threats.” The House ...
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CDC Investigates Largest Outbreak Of Fungal Infections, Linked To Injections

Fungal meningitis, which is rare, occurs when the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord are infected with a fungus. Fungal meningitis is not contagious, which means it is not transmitted from person to person. This type of meningitis ...
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Largest Steroid Injection Outbreak Kills 55 People

The CDC began receiving nationwide reports in September 2012 of fungal meningitis in patients who had received injections traced (through an extensive multistate, epidemiological and laboratory investigation) to 3 contaminated lots (>17,000 vials) of ...
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Wilton Manors Pride Center Talks Meningitis Prevention

It was a day of marriage and meningitis. Floating on a high from the Supreme Court's decisions on DOMA and Prop 8 Wednesday morning, a crowd entered the Pride Center in Wilton Manors to get serious and learn about the meningitis outbreak that has ...
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Meningitis Cases Seasonal, Not Sign of Epidemic, Doctors Say

The cases came into the spotlight after an outbreak of meningitis in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don in early June that killed two children and infected at least 55, said Galina Kozhevnikova, a practicing doctor and a professor at the department of ...
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Immunisation changes could boost Coast rates, says GP

"Most parents are fairly diligent in the first couple of years of a child's life ... but unfortunately as many as 20% of children on the Sunshine Coast missed out on four-year-old vaccination and so, for that reason, we have had reduced protection ...
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Measles is under control: EDO

City District Government Lahore in collaboration with the Punjab Health Department has succeeded to control measles in the provincial capital, said Health Executive District Officer Dr Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry talking to the journalists in the city on ...
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The Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations (UOSSM) appeals to WHO ...

With the current epidemic of measles sweeping through parts of northern Syria, where at least 7,000 people are affected, UOSSM calls upon WHO and UNICEF to urgently consider administration of a mass immunization program to children inside Syria and in ...
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Don't wait until the last minute, get the kids vaccinated now for free

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Oregon Views, 6/27/13 — Vaccination legislation is for parents' education

The result has been a falling rate of immunization in our schools, with Oregon now leading the nation in the number of kindergartners who haven't had their shots. That puts the rest of us at risk as rates in some schools are so low that herd immunity ...
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Johnson Hospital implements flu vaccination policy for all staff

STAFFORD — Johnson Memorial Hospital is requiring all physicians, staffers, volunteers, vendors, contractors, students, and temporary workers to get a flu vaccination by Dec. 1. Hospital officials said the policy will help prevent people from getting ...
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Free vaccination camp for pigs

Household visit was made for injecting vaccines in pigs and apart from this, mineral supplements, deworming tablets, antibiotics, ointments, leaflets on proper management of pigs etc., were handed out to the villagers at each respective village ...
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 New Promising Vaccination Technique

A team of researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new DNA vaccine, which selectively inhibits the immune response that destroys the insulin producing cells. According Lawrence to Steinman, MD, professor of pediatrics ...
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Health Department says most Iowans need a tetanus shot booster

State health officials say if you are cleaning up after floods and other storms you should make sure your tetanus vaccination is up to date. Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director, Patricia Quinlisk, says although the vaccine is good for ...
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Study Finds No Vaccine Link to Guillain-Barré

Of these, only 25 had received any vaccine in the six weeks before the onset of the illness. Most had received flu vaccines, but there were also pneumococcal, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, typhoid, hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccinations in the group.
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Research and Markets: The Global Travel Vaccine Market is Forecast to Show ...

The report provides an in-depth analysis of the top seven therapeutic indications for which travel vaccines are often prescribed, which includes hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rabies, typhoid fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and meningococcal ...
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Positive Clinical Study Results, New Product Launches, and Leadership ...

(BD), together with Diagenode SA, an international biotech company based in Belgium, announced the European-only launch of the Diagenode Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kit for use on the BD MAX System.
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