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CDC vaccine advisers turned their focus to the childhood vaccine schedule, though no votes were cast.
Vaccines, insecticide-treated nets, and seasonal malaria chemoprevention have saved millions of lives, but resistance to malaria treatment is rising in Africa.
The measures, which passed despite vehement protests from several members, drew swift rebuke from the medical community.
Just 34% of US adults have gotten a flu shot, 25% have had a COVID vaccine, 8% have received the pneumococcal vaccine, and 6% have been vaccinated against RSV.
When asked about what age they would recommend the vaccine, 35% chose birth and 16% said 1 month, for a total of 51% by 1 month.
Researchers identified 619 hospital-based bacterial and fungal outbreaks in 13 countries from 2020 through March 2024, and higher case-fatality ratios than reported in pre-pandemic studies.
Although the hepatitis B vaccine is widely heralded as a public health success story, Kennedy has long targeted the vaccine as unnecessary and dangerous.
Confidence in the AMA compared to the CDC was true regardless of political party affiliation among adults polled.
Among eligible adults, shingles vaccination reduced new mild cognitive impairment diagnoses by 1.5 percentage points.
The meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will likely be filled with misinformation and vaccine myths, experts warn.
“We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, and available," write 12 former FDA directors.
No secondary transmission chains have been identified in France.
The vaccine was 97% effective, and protection did not wane during the follow-up period.
Current US hot spots are Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
Despite sustained high vaccine coverage, outbreaks continue to occur every 3 to 5 years in some countries.
The universal HBV birth dose has prevented an estimated 90,100 childhood deaths since 1991, but a federal vaccine advisory group may vote to end the practice.
The Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) will offer evidence-backed advisory expertise on infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.
Seres Therapeutics will receive up to $3.6 million to advance development of a liquid formulation of SER-155, its investigational microbiome drug.
CWD has now been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer in 18 counties in addition to Decatur.
Officials also confirmed a new avian flu detection in dairy cattle in California.
