Childhood vaccination rates high, but measles re-emerging.
ALTHOUGH vaccination rates for children are at an all-time high in the United States, measles cases are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of U.S. measles cases among children whose parents rejected vaccination. Childhood immunization rates remain at or near record...

Parents of high-risk children follow flu vaccination advice. (Immunization Rates Low).
Immunization against influenza was low in one group of high-risk children surveyed, and many of those parents who had their children immunized reported they did so on the recommendation of their pediatrician, reported Dr. Katherine A. Poehling of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., and her associates. ...

National program eyed to boost vaccination rate. (Adult Immunization Initiative).
DENVER--The time has come for a national adult vaccination initiative along the lines of the highly successful, decades-old childhood initiative, Dr. Gregory A. Poland said at the National Immunization Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This fall, the CDC will take a major...

National program eyed to boost vaccination rate. (Adult Immunization Initiative).
DENVER -- The time has come for a national adult vaccination initiative along the lines of the highly-successful, decades-old childhood initiative, Dr. Gregory A. Poland said at the National Immunization Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This fall, the CDC will take a...

Around The Nation.
Free immunization Senate President Manny Villar reminded the government and the public yesterday to ensure the immunization of children against preventable illnesses. Villar filed Senate Bill 1826 seeking to give free comprehensive vaccination to all Filipino children especially those from poor families to protect their health and...

PPV immunization urged for smokers.
ATLANTA -- Cigarette smoking in adults aged 19-64 years should be considered an indication for 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided at its fall meeting. Cigarette smoking has been identified as a major risk...

Flu season kicks off with call for health workers to be vaccinated.
WITH the flu season now under way, public health officials are making a concerted push for health care workers to get vaccinated against the disease, and another push to encourage people who are at increased risk for pneumococcal infection to talk to their health care providers about pneumococcal immunization....

CDC: immunize smokers against pneumococcus: habit accounts for 50% disease burden.
ATLANTA -- Cigarette smoking in adults aged 19-64 years should be considered an indication for 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided at its fall meeting. Cigarette smoking has been identified as a major risk...

Houston Mother Who Nearly Lost Her Daughter to Influenza Joins American Lung Association's Faces of Influenza Campaign to Promote Annual Vaccination.
American Lung Association Supports National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 8-14); Urges Immunization Throughout the Winter and Spring HOUSTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Local mother Daina Maxwell has joined the American Lung Association of the Central States to bring Faces of Influenza, a national educational campaign, to the...

Sacramento Mother Dee Dee Abdur-Rahim and Deputy District Attorney Robin Shakely Join the American Lung Association's Faces of Influenza Campaign to Promote Annual Vaccination.
American Lung Association Supports National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 8-14); Urges Immunization Throughout the Winter and Spring SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Health experts recommend annual influenza vaccination for nearly 250 million people in the U.S. Despite this recommendation, influenza immunization rates fall far short every...