Vaccination News

The CDC’s updated COVID-19 guidelines relax previous strategies and no longer require unvaccinated individuals to quarantine after an exposure.

Healio spoke with Sonja C. O’Leary, MD, medical director of school-based health centers at Denver Health and chair of the AAP’s Council on School Health, about updated CDC guidance and other challenges facing K-12 systems this year.

Novavax said Monday that it has asked the FDA to authorize a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine.

The monkeypox outbreak has disproportionately affected gay and bisexual men, including those with HIV.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease tolerated COVID-19 vaccines well regardless of pregnancy status, according to a poster presented at the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting.

Pfizer and Valneva announced the start of a phase 3 trial that will study the safety and efficacy of their Lyme disease vaccine candidate, VLA15.

U.S. officials on Tuesday disclosed a plan to extend the nation’s supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing providers to deliver it in fractional doses, and to open up monkeypox vaccination to children.

HPV vaccine uptake may improve if providers incorporate routine vaccination into postpartum care, according to research presented at the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology meeting.

Healio spoke with Alanna E. Levine, MD, a spokesperson for the AAP and pediatrician in Rockland County, about the measures being taken locally to address the threat of polio and what providers can do to protect their patients.

All providers supported administering vaccines that are safe in pregnancy to their pregnant patients, according to a poster presented at the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting.