Easing pain during vaccination
To reduce the discomfort or pain of vaccinations, apply firm, but comfortable, pressure on the intended site for 30 seconds.
Vaccination
Despite risk, many providers yield to parental vaccine delay requests
While most providers believe that veering from the recommended vaccine schedule is risky, they often agree to parents’ wishes.
Centralized reminder system aids vaccination outreach
Centralized notification system might be more effective than messages from health care provider offices.
Biggest rise in measles cases reported in Illinois
The majority of patients who have gotten the measles in the current outbreak were unvaccinated.
Anti-vaccination movement fueled by fear
Diseases such as measles and whooping cough are making a comeback because a growing number of people choose to follow a movement based in fear mongering.
Improve vaccine adherence by presenting immunization as default option
The resurgence of measles in California accentuates an important need to revisit vaccination policy and practice in the United States.
FDA approves Bexsero, group B meningitis vaccine
Bexsero, manufactured by Novartis, has been approved as a vaccine for group B meningitis.
Meningococcal disease vaccine earns FDA approval
After vaccination, 62% to 88% of patients treated with the vaccine had antibodies in their blood that killed three different N. meningitidis serogroup B strains.
Record-high number of measles cases reported in 2014
There were 644 new measles cases in 27 states in 2014, according to the CDC.
Clinician education needed to improve HPV4 vaccine rate for young male adolescents in primary care
In a survey conducted by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 33% of clinicians routinely recommend the HPV4 vaccine to 11- and 12-year-old males.
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