By: Sola Ogundipe and Chioma Obinna 11 September 2010 Nigeria: In recent times, statistics available have shown that in Nigeria, cervical cancer accounts for 15 per cent of female cancers as compared to just about 3.6 percent in the developed countries. Shockingly, less than 0.1 per cent of Nigerian women have ever had cervical cancer […]
Will There Be More Chronically Ill and Developmentally-challenged Children in Pennsylvania?
By: Catherine Frompovich 05 January 2011 (excerpts) Back on May 28, 2010 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made changes to its immunization code to be effective August 1, 2011. What children in Pennsylvania will be required to have in vaccinations in order to attend school is taken directly from the code. One of the apparent—and growing—issues […]
"Vaccination advertising"
By: Robert Snefjella Posted 28 December 2010 Tis’ the season for being subjected to taxpayer paid for government messages ordaining vaccination as the primary weapon against the flu. On the radio a pleasant voice delivers the message from “the government of Ontario.” The message reminds us to wash hands, sneeze cleverly, and best of all […]
Financial Barriers Lower Pediatric Use of Combination Vaccines
By: Susan Kreimer 06 December 2010 Poor reimbursement may hinder pediatricians from using combination vaccines in their practices, a new national survey suggests. The study appears in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine More than half of survey participants said their practices did not receive adequate reimbursement for the purchase […]
Preemies Have Reduced Response to Pneumococcal Vaccine
By: Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today 03 December 2010 Although preterm infants have a response to seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), it does not result in the antibody levels achieved by full-term infants for all serotypes, researchers found. After an initial three-dose immunization series by age 4 months, antibody titers increased for both […]
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