Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Doctors are being advised to give children a supplemental dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as they come in to their offices. PCV13 is a vaccine that protects from pneumococcal disease, which is caused by the bacterium pneumococcus; it is a leading cause of potentially life-threatening illness in children ...
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Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Terrorists could use the potentially deadly Anthrax bacteria on an attack against the United States, and there is plenty of vaccine stockpiled for use against this and other possible biological agents of warfare. However they have never been tested on children so the effectiveness and possible side effects of the ...
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
It will be a while longer before the government decides whether to test the anthrax vaccine in children.
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
The CDC's ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) has recommended the routine administration of 3-doses of HPV4 vaccine to protect against HPV (Human Papilloma Virus). The Committee said the vaccine will not only protect males from some HPV-related conditions, such as genital warts and oral, penile and anal cancers, but ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
U.S. vaccine advisers Tuesday voted to recommend that boys be routinely vaccinated with Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them from human papillomavirus or HPV infections, which cause genital warts and oral, penile and anal cancers in males and cervical cancers in women.
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