PESHAWAR, March 29: A new case of polio has been reported in the semi-tribal Frontier Region of Lakki Marwat, as parents continue to refuse vaccination of their children in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata. Deputy director of the Expanded Programme of Immunisation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Jan Baz Afridi told Dawn on Tuesday that an […]
Pilot project improved adolescent immunization rates
WASHINGTON — A pilot project in North Carolina among 18 health centers increased adolescent immunization coverage rates by 26% in 1 month, according to data presented here this week. The project was designed to increase age-appropriate immunization rates for the tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine, meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menactra, Sanofi-Pasteur) and human papillomavirus vaccine and was conducted through […]
MedImmune to Present 11 Abstracts on Influenza at 45th Annual National Immunization Conference
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — MedImmune announced today it will present a total of 11 abstracts at the 45th National Immunization Conference (NIC) at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, March 28 – 31, 2011. These abstracts advance the body of existing data and knowledge surrounding influenza prevention and trends in vaccination, highlighting MedImmune’s […]
Ireland reports 64 cases of “adverse reactions” to HPV vaccine
By Hilary White DUBLIN, December 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has shown that a vaccination program using Gardasil, the drug created to combat Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, has resulted in 64 cases of “adverse reactions,” including cardiac and allergic reactions and seizures. The figures […]
Surveillance after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: outcomes, costs, and cost-effectiveness.
Melnikow J, Kulasingam S, Slee C, Helms LJ, Kuppermann M, Birch S, McGahan CE, Coldman A, Chan BK, Sawaya GF. Department of Economics, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, California 95817, USA. jamelnikow@ucdavis.edu Abstract OBJECTIVE: To estimate outcomes and costs of surveillance strategies after treatment for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). […]
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