Taking a second look: immunization requirements for nursing students.
ABSTRACT To comply with clinical agency agreements, nursing administrators and faculty need to be attentive to the management of immunization requests, especially those that are divergent from CDC or state recommendations. As nursing students usually bear the cost of additional immunizations and testing, immunization requirements may represent a barrier...

Mandated Ill. hep B vaccination tops 90% goal.
A 1997 state requirement that all children in Illinois receive the hepatitis B vaccine series in order to enter the fifth grade has not only raised the rate of vaccination to more than 90% in a group of Chicago-area high school students but also has narrowed the vaccination disparity...

Child immunization rates show growth.
Immunization coverage in 2006 for children aged 19-35 months held steady for most recommended vaccines and grew for several types, but more recent recommendations in coverage for adolescents aged 13-17 years have not yet reached the same levels of success, according to results from the most recent National Immunization...

Child, teen immunization coverage mostly up.
Immunization coverage in 2006 for children aged 19-35 months held steady for most recommended vaccines and grew for several types, but more recent recommendations in coverage for adolescents aged 13-17 years have not yet reached the same levels of success, according to results from the most recent National Immunization...

Vaccination goals for children being met.
Seventy-five percent of states are meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives for vaccinating kindergarteners, meaning at least 95 percent of those children are receiving recommended vaccines against hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and varicella. Summarized in a study in the Aug. 17 Morbidity and...

Canadian government includes $258 million in budget for HPV vaccination.
The Canadian government announced that it is including about $258 million in the 2007-2008 budget to help pay for provincial HPV vaccination programmes. Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization has recommended that girls ages 9-13 be vaccinated against HPV, as well as older girls and women who might already...

Immigrants must get HPV vaccine.
Young women seeking to immigrate to the United States currently are required to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, under an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the 1996 amendment, individuals seeking immigrant visas must provide proof of vaccination for all vaccines recommended by the U.S. Advisory...

Immigrants must get HPV vaccine.
Young women seeking to immigrate to the United States currently are required to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, under an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the 1996 amendment, individuals seeking immigrant visas must provide proof of vaccination for all vaccines recommended by the U.S. Advisory...

Rotavirus cases began later, were fewer.
Rotavirus activity in the 2007-2008 season started later than usual and was less severe than during previous seasons, according to a study in the June 25 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Rotavirus, the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children, causes about 410,000 yearly...