News & Perspective

Sep 30, 2013

Sep 30, 2013

News Scan for Sep 30, 2013

Vaccine exemptions and pertussis
Resistant enterococci in ICUs
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan
Polio in Pakistan

Sep 09, 2013

Sep 09, 2013

News Scan for Sep 09, 2013

Possible MERS drug treatment
DTaP vaccination and pertussis risk
H5N1 hurts Nepal economy
Polio efforts in Nigeria

Sep 06, 2013

Sep 06, 2013

News Scan for Sep 06, 2013

Response to GAO poultry-plan report
Pertussis in Texas
Tularemia in Massachusetts
US, European West Nile

Jul 17, 2013

Jul 17, 2013

News Scan for Jul 17, 2013

West Nile recap
Flu vaccine effectiveness
Tdap vaccine protection

Jun 19, 2013

Jun 19, 2013

Vaccine advisors see little benefit for second Tdap dose

A working group for a vaccine advisory board recommended against a second dose of Tdap vaccine for teens, citing lack of a booster effect.

Jun 18, 2013

Jun 18, 2013

News Scan for Jun 18, 2013

Berry-linked hepatitis infections
Pertussis booster poll
Israel polio update
Q fever in Brazil

Mar 11, 2013

Mar 11, 2013

Study finds waning pertussis protection in kids post-vaccination

(CIDRAP News) – Health officials have suspected a drop-off in protection from the childhood acellular pertussis vaccine as one factor in surging disease levels, and new data today on Minnesota and Oregon kids provide the strongest evidence yet that immunity wanes before they get a booster dose at age 11 or 12.

Feb 07, 2013

Feb 07, 2013

Researchers find first US evidence of vaccine-resistant pertussis

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers in other countries have found evidence that circulating strains of Bordetella pertussis have adapted to the acellular vaccine, and researchers today reported similar findings for the first time in US kids, based on genetic analysis of isolates from hospitalized children.

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