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NEWS SCAN: E coli treatment, antibiotic resistance in EU, flu vaccine in preschoolers, measles-shot warnings, Lyme disease risk

Mar 14, 2012

 

Reports detail risk of seizures in kids after flu vaccination

(CIDRAP News) – A recent set of articles in Vaccine has confirmed previous preliminary reports that young children who received influenza shots in the 2010-11 flu season had a slightly increased risk of a febrile seizure after vaccination, especially if they received a new pneumococcal vaccine at the same time.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: BARDA broad-spectrum antibiotic contract, PFCs and immune response, Listeria at salmon plant

Jan 25, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine and sickle cell, malaria in early pregnancy, MMR vaccine reactions, contact precautions and dementia

Dec 13, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Smallpox drug contract probe, childhood vaccine opt-outs

 

NEWS SCAN: Emergency alert aftermath, polio hot spots, cholera in Haiti, more vaccine-autism debate

Nov 10, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: MRSA in the NICU, immunization reminders, polio campaign in China, drop in antibiotic prescribing

 

NEWS SCAN: Prime-boost vaccination for H5N1, public health squeezed, unvaccinated students barred

Oct 4, 2011

 

Survey shows parental doubts about kids' vaccine schedule

(CIDRAP News) – Thirteen percent of parents follow a vaccination schedule other than the recommended one for their young children, and more than 20% of parents who follow the approved schedule have doubts about it, according to a survey report from University of Michigan researchers.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Ground beef E coli recall, cantaloupe import ban lifted, H1N1 septicemia, kids' face mask, GAVI funding for 37 countries

Sep 28, 2011

 

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