Reminding people when it's time to receive immunizations—through postcards, texts, and automated phone calls—can increase vaccination numbers, a team of Cochrane researchers reported today, based on an extensive review of 75 studies from 10 countries. Their findings appear in the Cochrane Library.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in an update on an ongoing outbreak of multi-drug resistant Campylobacter infections linked to puppies sold in pet shops today, confirmed 30 new cases reported since the last outbreak update published on Oct 30.
A new report from Reuters concerning previously unreleased documents shows that the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) implemented a childhood vaccine campaign with Dengvaxia despite warnings from the country's Formulary Executive Council (FEC) that the vaccine did not have enough long-term safety data.
Panel gives a preference to Shingrix and recommends MMR for mumps outbreaks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it is involved with efforts to curb a Marburg virus outbreak in eastern Uganda near the border with Kenya, where at least one case has been confirmed and several hundred people may have been exposed at health facilities and at a traditional burial ceremony.
The vaccine protected 78% of newborns from pertussis and 90% from hospitalized cases.
Only 54% of US workers with asthma had received the recommended pneumococcal vaccine.
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today reported a new case of H7N9 avian flu in Liaoning province, further evidence that the virus has not disappeared during the summer.
"It would be a mistake to divert important resources during this time toward tetanus vaccination."
A Minneapolis-area measles outbreak that has been fueled by low vaccination rates in Somali-Americans grew by 3 cases today, to 44, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported today.
