Infectious Disease

• Meeting News Coverage

• Public health nurse-delivered vaccine programs more informative

• May 16, 2013
• Parents in public health nurse-delivered universally funded rotavirus vaccination programs in Canada said they retained more information about the program...More »

• In the Journals

• Surveillance tool aims to detect, monitor public vaccine concerns

• May 16, 2013
• Real-time monitoring and evaluation of vaccine concerns could help immunization programs create more effective strategies to address public concerns,...More »

• In the Journals

• CDC issues interim recommendations for influenza vaccines

• May 15, 2013
• Influenza vaccines are still recommended for everyone who is aged at least 6 months, according to recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...More »

• In the Journals

• Condom use reduced HPV risk among high-risk men

• May 13, 2013
• When sexually active men consistently used condoms, their risk for HPV was reduced, according to recent data published in the Journal of Infectious...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Video

• Debate: Routine meningococcal vaccination of infants should be implemented

• May 6, 2013
• WASHINGTON — Steven B. Black, MD, professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, discusses his debate with Carol J....More »

• Meeting News Coverage Video

• Debate: Routine infant menningococcal ACYW-135 vaccination should not be implemented

• May 6, 2013
• WASHINGTON — Carol J. Baker, MD, professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• US private schools exhibited higher rates than public schools for religious exemptions of immunizations

• May 6, 2013
• WASHINGTON — Private schools in the United States have higher rates of religious vaccine exemptions for school immunizations than public schools,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Tdap boosters in adolescents induced good antibody responses

• May 5, 2013
• WASHINGTON — Tetanus-diphtheria booster vaccines induced similar tetanus and diphtheria antibody responses and had similar safety profiles among...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Rotavirus vaccination linked to reduction in seizure risk

• May 4, 2013
• WASHINGTON — A full course of rotavirus vaccination was associated with a moderate reduction in risk of seizure requiring hospitalization over the...More »

• In the Journals

• H7N9 likely evolved from four origins

• May 2, 2013
• The novel avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China may have evolved from four origins and has evolved into at least two different lineages, researchers from...More »

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