Compared with the live zoster vaccine, adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine had significantly higher vaccine efficacy (VE) against herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults. There were also no differences in safety between the 2 vaccines, according to a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials published in Vaccine. This systematic review of published randomized…
Alert comes just days after a measles outbreak was declared in Los Angeles County
The number — 695 cases — is the highest since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000
The vaccine, called Mosquirix, was approved by the European Medicines Agency in 2015
The number of reported measles cases in the United States hit 465 as of April 4.
Investigators assessed the risk for herpes zoster and provided recommendations regarding treatment in patients with psoriasis.
Maternal vaccination with capsular polysaccharide conjugate vaccine GBS6 may be an alternative prevention method of GBS infections in infants.
Arguments against vaccination remain consistent within subgroups of individuals.
Adults who received the flu vaccine in 2017 to 2018 had higher antibody titers against the egg-adapted vaccine and lower titers against circulating virus.
Influenza vaccine efficacy, between November 23, 2018 and February 2, 2019, was 47% overall and 61% for young children.
