Social Medicine: The Effect of Social Media on the Anti-Vaccine Movement
The anti-vaccine movement has proliferated over recent years, thanks in part to its most vocal proponents using social media to churn out often misleading information.
Vaccination
Tdap Vaccine Can Be Administered as a Decennial Booster Dose
A second dose of Tdap, a reduced-antigen-content tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine, 9 years after initial vaccination was well tolerated and immunogenic.
Low Risk for Recurrent Mild Adverse Events After Reimmunization
An adverse event after immunization may not reoccur with future immunizations, unless the initial reaction was severe.
Optimal Pertussis Toxin Antibodies Achieved With Third Trimester Tdap Vaccination
Immunization with Tdap vaccine during the third trimester of pregnancy resulted in higher concentrations of pertussis toxin antibodies in newborns.
Influenza Vaccination Rates Vary as Clinic Day Progress
Research results indicated vaccination rates declined as clinic day progressed and that active choice intervention was linked with increased vaccinations.
Population Density, Structure Impact Length of Flu Season
Population density and structure may impact the length of the influenza season regardless of climatic conditions.
High-Dose Influenza Vaccination May Benefit Transplant Recipients
Double-dose influenza vaccine is safe and may increase antibody response in solid-organ transplant recipients
FDA Approves HPV Vaccine for People Through Age 45
US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine has been expanded to include people ages 27 through 45.
80,000 Americans Died From Influenza Over Last Year
2017 to 2018 flu strains affect the very young and elderly especially signifantly; poor vaccine/strain match-up
Prenatal Tdap Vaccination Not Associated With an Increased Risk of Autism
No association was observed between prenatal vaccination of Tdap vaccination and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder risk in children.
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