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Screening Does Not Reduce Ovarian, Tubal Cancer Deaths

Annual screening of postmenopausal women from the general population with multimodal screening or transvaginal ultrasound does not reduce ovarian and tubal cancer deaths.

Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Older Adults Underrepresented in Vaccine Trials

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Joyce Lee

The researchers’ objective was to investigate whether racial/ethnic minority groups, women, and older adults are underrepresented among participants in vaccine clinical trials.

HPV Vaccination Rates Suboptimal Within Ages 9 to 12 Years

For most of the study period, higher rates of HPV vaccination initiation and up-to-date rates were seen for non hispanic blacks.

DTaP, MMR, and Varicella Vaccination Coverage Among Kindergarteners in 2019-20

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Sweta Gupta

Researchers summarized DTaP, MMR, and varicella vaccination coverage for kindergartners reported by immunization programs in 48 states for the 2019-20 school year.

Two New Poliovirus Vaccines Safe and Efficacious in Adults, Children, and Infants

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Sweta Gupta

These 2 randomized, partly-masked studies aimed to address the emergence and spread of circulating vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses and vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis from Sabin monovalent OPV2.

Laws Encouraging Hospital Workers to Vaccinate Reduce Influenza Mortality Rates

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Jessica Nye, PhD

The objective of this quasi-experimental observational study was to measure the effect of states’ hospital worker influenza vaccination laws on pneumonia and influenza mortality.

Alcoholic Chlorhexidine Superior Antiseptic for Peripheral Venous Catheter Placement

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Jessica Nye, PhD

Researchers aimed to show that disinfection with chlorhexidine 2% with alcohol was superior to povidone iodine 5% with alcohol in preventing infectious complications.

New Gastric Cancer Prevention Guidelines for Eradicating H pylori

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Jessica Nye, PhD

A global consensus meeting was convened to go over current evidence and knowledge gaps and propose collaborative studies on population-wide screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for the prevention of gastric cancer (GC).

HPV Vaccination Associated With Reduced Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer

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Bradley van Paridon

Study authors assessed the relationship between quadrivalent HPV vaccination and risk of invasive cervical cancer and age of vaccination.

Immunogenicity of 2-Dose Ebola Vaccine Regimens

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Zahra Masoud

Regardless of interval or dose level, both heterologous and homologous Ad26, MVA Ebola vaccine regimens were observed to be well tolerated in healthy adults.

Long-Term Infective Endocarditis Mortality Risk Among Injection Drug Users

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Bradley van Paridon

Researchers developed a microsimulation model of the natural history of injection opioid use to assess long-term infective endocarditis mortality associated with injection opioid use in the United States.

Office Dismissal Policy for Families Refusing Vaccines Common

Half of practices report having an office dismissal policy for families refusing vaccine.

European Myeloma Network Provides Vaccine Recommendations for MM

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Leah Lawrence

Patients with myeloma should receive 2 doses of the trivalent or quadrivalent vaccine influenza vaccine and vaccinations should continue annually.

Postmarketing Surveillance Demonstrates Remarkable Safety of Vaccines

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Bradley van Paridon

Vaccines are a key public health strategy that is remarkably safe due to continued postmarketing surveillance programs.

Many Patients With Pulmonary Valve Infective Endocarditis Found to Require Surgical Management

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Brandon May

A great percentage of patients with pulmonary valve infective endocarditis were found to require surgical management.

2008 to 2018 Saw Increase in Shingles Vaccination in Over 60s

From 2008 to 2018, there was an increase in shingles vaccination among adults aged 60 years and older, with demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic variations in vaccination rates.

Lower Rate of Seropositivity to Measles Among Younger Clinicians

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Zahra Masoud

An age-based surveillance study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of measles antibody among clinicians at an urban medical center.

Multistate Mumps Outbreak Reported Following Asymptomatic Transmission

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Bradley van Paridon

A total of 62 cases of mumps were found to have occurred across 6 states and linked to exposure of wedding attendees to an asymptomatic and fully vaccinated individual.

Assessment of Bacteremia Associated With Anticoagulant Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

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Bradley van Paridon

Treatment with the thrombin inhibitor dabigatran was associated with a decreased incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared with treatment with the factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban and apixaban.

Intravenous Anakinra May Be Useful in the Treatment of Cytokine Storm Syndromes

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Dibash Das, PhD

Authors of this viewpoint described the current challenges in the management of cytokine storm syndromes and reviewed the safety profile of intravenous anakinra.