Hib disease falls after campaign.
The Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) vaccination booster campaign targeting children aged six months to four years has resulted in a dramatic reduction in cases of invasive Hib, according to a report from Health Protection Agency staff. Hib is a major worldwide cause of childhood meningitis, pneumonia, epiglottitis, septicaemia,...

ImmunoVaccine's DepoVax Showing Positive Results for Cancer and Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 October 2008-ImmunoVaccine's DepoVax Showing Positive Results for Cancer and Infectious Diseases(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com ImmunoVaccine Technologies' (IVT) patented depot vaccine formulation, DepoVax is showing positive pre-clinical results, with single-dose efficacy achieved in therapeutic cancer and several infectious disease vaccine models. ...

Rabies vaccine shortfall spurs tighter restrictions.
Health care providers who prescribe postexposure rabies prophylaxis must confer with public health officials and obtain a confirmation code from the state health department before they can order doses of the vaccine because the only rabies vaccine available is in limited supply, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Most cancer patients don't get flu shots.
STOCKHOLM -- Vaccination coverage for very severe manifestations of influenza remains low in patients with cancer, even though they are at high risk. Just 34% of 112 consecutive cancer patients receiving treatment at the Hopital Cochin, Paris, also received flu shots in 2008. Of these, 14% had...

Immunization rates continue to increase.
More than three-quarters of the nation's young children have been immunized with the full series of childhood vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data from the 2007 National Immunization Survey showed that all but one vaccine in the recommended series--the fourth dose of...

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. ...

Mistimed vaccines add to suboptimal protection.
Compliance with immunization recommendations goes beyond missed doses--administration of vaccines before the recommended age and/or too close together may add to suboptimal coverage, according to Elizabeth T. Luman, Ph.D., and her associates. Researchers conducted a nationally representative study of compliance with Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)...

Congenital rubella syndrome in infants of women vaccinated during or just before pregnancy with measles-rubella vaccine.
Background & objectives: Measles and Rubella Control Campaign was conducted in Iran in December 2003 targeting both males and females 5 to 25 yr old using measles-rubella vaccine. During the campaign, some pregnant women received vaccine during the first trimester of pregnancy or some others became pregnant shortly thereafter....

Mistimed vaccines add to suboptimal coverage.
Compliance with immunization recommendations goes beyond missed doses: Administration of vaccines before the recommended age and/or too close together may add to suboptimal coverage, according to data analysis by scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Elizabeth T. Luman, Ph.D., and her associates...

Immunizations: what's next? The future of childhood immunizations in Missouri.
Introduction Childhood immunizations have saved countless lives and complications suffered by children due to "routine childhood illnesses." Nearly 300 years ago, smallpox would sweep through cities, killing up to 50 percent of infected individuals (CBS News, 2007). At its peak, measles killed 3,000 children and hospitalized 48,000...