Evaluación de la Jornada Nacional de Vacunación en Bogotá D.C., 2001.
RESUMEN Objetivos Durante Noviembre de 2001 se realizó una jornada de vacunación en Bogotá con el fin de mejorar coberturas. El objetivo principal era medir la proporción de niños menores de 2 años que finalizaban el esquema o que avanzaban en el esquema por dosis recibidas durante...

Vaccine recall leads to delaying Hib booster.
Following a December voluntary recall of Haeomphilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines because of concerns about sterility, federal health officials have advised parents and caregivers to delay scheduled Hib booster shots for 12- to 15-month-olds. The advisory, published in the Dec. 19 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,...

The public health promise and potential pitfalls of the world's first cervical cancer vaccine.
After a decade in development, a cervical cancer vaccine appears poised to become available to American women later this year. Given the vaccine's demonstrated high level of effectiveness in preventing transmission of the two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, researchers believe that...

Epidemiologic assessment of the protective effects of smallpox vaccination.
Abstract: Despite smallpox eradication, the widely discussed possibility of a bioterrorist attack using a variola virus makes it necessary to review the epidemiology of smallpox and the effects of various vaccination schemes. This paper provides a literature review concerning the epidemiologic assessment of the protective effects of smallpox vaccination,...

Risk-targeted policy kept for hepatitis B vaccines.
ATLANTA -- A risk-targeted strategy will remain the recommended approach to adult hepatitis B vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted at its fall meeting. The committee has been considering revising this recommendation, which has been in place since 1982...

Multiple vaccines not tied to immune dysfunction. (Biologically Plausible, But No Evidence).
SEATTLE -- A link between multiple childhood immunizations and the development of immune system dysfunction is theoretically possible, but available evidence doesn't back up the claim. That conclusion came from speakers at an immunization conference sponsored by the Institute of Medicine's Immunization Safety Review Committee. A consensus...

Mayor Rick Baker and the American Lung Association Encourage St. Petersburg Residents to Get Immunized Against Influenza.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor Rick Baker and members of the St. Petersburg City Council are partnering with the American Lung Association of Florida Gulfcoast Area on its Faces of Influenza initiative to educate St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay area residents about the importance of annual...

Plenty of flu vaccine available this year: no tiered schedule.
This flu season, there's no need to skimp on shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a sufficient supply of vaccines for the 2003-2004 flu season. This means that anyone--healthy or at high risk--who wants a flu shot can now get one (MMWR 52[33]:796-97, 2003)....

Sanofi pasteur Completes Shipment of 50 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine.
- Sanofi pasteur able to produce additional vaccine to meet customer demand - SWIFTWATER, Pa., and LYON, France, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group, announced that it has completed shipping 50 million doses of influenza vaccine (Fluzone(R), Influenza Virus Vaccine)...

Data suggest RotaTeq may not raise the risk of intussusception in infants.
ATLANTA -- The rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq is not associated with an increased risk of intussusception in infants during either the 1- to 7-day period after vaccination or the 1- to 21-day period, according to data from the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and the Vaccine Safety Datalink. ...