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Clearing up pneumococcal vaccine questions

PPSV23 pneumococcal vaccination recommendations have undergone several changes A new commentary published in JAMA reinforces the changes by the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee in 2019 regarding...

20 January, 2020

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The CDC is stepping up in the global fight against infectious diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is increasingly focused on health concerns outside the United States as the world becomes more interconnected. And its international mission goes well...

16 November, 2016

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Zika virus causes birth defects, health officials confirm

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that there was now enough evidence to definitively say that the Zika virus could cause unusually small heads and brain damage in infants born...

15 April, 2016

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A ‘forgotten disease’ is suddenly causing new worries

The world is in danger of running out of vaccines for a deadly disease: yellow fever. A major outbreak in the African nation of Angola has already depleted the stockpile that world health officials had set aside for...

4 April, 2016

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Vaccine with virus-like nanoparticles found to be effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Researchers at Georgia State University say a vaccine containing virus-like microscopic, genetically engineered particles — i.e.: nanoparticles, has been shown to be an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial...

27 August, 2015

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CDC models drug-resistant infections and C. difficile growth

The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs shows a mathematical model that is designed to demonstrate the rise in Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and drug-resistant infections...

11 August, 2015

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Key protein pathways critical to Ebola virus can be blocked, according to new study

Scientists have successfully blocked the Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments, in a critical early step to develop a vaccine for the life-threatening virus. The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the largest in...

20 July, 2015

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Pediatric infectious disease expert sheds light on vaccine myths

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have saved more the 732,000 lives in the past two decades and studies have repeatedly shown that they are the best way to protect our communities...

15 May, 2015

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CDC: Vaccine can’t handle this ‘severe’ flu season

The 2014-2015 flu season is “severe,” especially for those 65 and over, children under 5 years old and those with other medical conditions, warned Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

16 January, 2015

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CDC is urging two shots for seniors

What’s good for the kids is good for grandma and grandpa, too, federal health officials have decided. A vaccine that has been successful in stemming pneumonia in children (and the adults in their lives) is being pushed...

1 December, 2014

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