Infectious Disease

• In the Journals Perspective

• Investigational TB vaccine lacks efficacy in infants

• February 4, 2013
• An investigational tuberculosis vaccine was found to be well tolerated and modestly immunogenic but unable to confer significant protection against...More »

• Breaking News

• Influenza activity falls in the East, rises sharply in the West

• February 4, 2013
• Influenza activity has decreased in some areas of the United States, but overall, activity remains elevated throughout the country, the CDC reported.
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• In the Journals

• Infectious flu particles reach as far as 6 feet

• January 31, 2013
• Patients in the hospital with influenza could potentially spread influenza virus particles as far as 6 feet by air, researchers from Wake Forest...More »

• In the Journals

• Rotavirus vaccination among children indirectly protected adults from rotavirus

• January 31, 2013
• Pediatric rotavirus vaccination was linked to a nearly 50% decline in rotavirus identified in adult bacterial stool cultures during the peak rotavirus...More »

• In the Journals

• Flu season onset, severity tied to warm winters, climate change

• January 30, 2013
• Researchers reported on a pattern of warm winters that preceded spikes in US influenza activity during the next influenza season. The pattern was similar...More »

• Breaking News

• Adult vaccine coverage rates remain low

• January 29, 2013
• Despite some increases in coverage for some vaccines, there has been little increase in adult vaccine coverage rates, according to a recent Morbidity and...More »

• Breaking News

• Influenza deaths on the rise, ILI activity leveling off

• January 29, 2013
• Influenza activity has decreased in some areas of the United States, but overall, activity remains elevated throughout the country, the CDC reported.
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• In the Journals

• Pneumococcal vaccine may offer added protection during pandemic flu

• January 24, 2013
• During the most recent pandemic outbreak of influenza in the 2009-2010 season, pneumococcal vaccination may have contributed to decreased hospitalizations...More »

• In the Journals

• H1N1 influenza vaccination unrelated to fetal mortality

• January 24, 2013
• Receiving the influenza A (H1N1) vaccination during pregnancy did not increase the risk for fetal mortality, according to study results published in The...More »

• In the Journals

• Half of US infants fail to receive full series of recommended vaccines

• January 22, 2013
• Data from 2004 to 2008 indicate that about half of the children aged 2 to 24 months did not receive all recommended vaccinations or did not follow the...More »

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