The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram, December 18, 2011 Pentavalent vaccine safe, say health officials A high-level team consisting of experts from the Union Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has started investigating into the sudden death of a 58-day-old baby at Vithura near here on Thursday. The death of the infant, which occurred […]
FDA Approved New DPT Vaccine for Seniors
By Christina England It has been announced that a new vaccine has been approved by the FDA for the over 65′s. GlaxoSmithKline’s Boostrix vaccine is said to be able to protect the elderly from diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough). The vaccine was originally approved for use in adolescents in 2005. Prior to this vaccine […]
Effectiveness of DTaP Wanes Substantially Over Time
By Sandra Yin May 19, 2011 (Baltimore, Maryland) — The protective power of the diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccination (DTaP) wanes with time, according to a study presented here at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases 14th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research. “The most surprising finding is that the vaccine wanes as much as it […]
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 […]
Update: Prescribing Information for Infanrix, DTP Vaccine
Note from SaneVax: Medical consumers need to be aware of changes to prescribing information on all vaccines, specifically in regard to potential adverse reactions and contraindications. The most recent update for Infanrix, the DTP vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline is available via the link below. The CDC recommends DTP, or DTap shots, at ages 2, 4 […]