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November 20, 2024
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VIDEO: Newest Red Book includes updates on RSV, pneumococcal vaccination

VIDEO: Newest <i>Red Book</i> includes updates on RSV, pneumococcal vaccination

NEW YORK — In this video from the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, David W. Kimberlin, MD, provides an overview of the topics that were added to the 2024-2027 Red Book published earlier this year.

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November 13, 2024
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Racially diverse patients exhibit less vaccine hesitancy

Racially diverse patients exhibit less vaccine hesitancy

BOSTON — Vaccine hesitancy was less likely to occur in racially diverse vs. white patients, although this hesitancy was not significantly impacted by age, sex or language, according to a poster presentation here.

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October 22, 2024
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Lack of diverse training, nonspecific symptoms leave physicians challenged to identify measles

Lack of diverse training, nonspecific symptoms leave physicians challenged to identify measles

A combination of several factors makes it tough for providers to identify measles cases as the disease makes a comeback, according to experts.

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October 14, 2024
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Q&A: Kindergarten vaccination rates continue to decline; exemptions exceed 3% nationally

Q&A: Kindergarten vaccination rates continue to decline; exemptions exceed 3% nationally

Vaccination coverage among kindergarteners in the United States is still declining from pre-pandemic levels, and some states are reporting exemption rates of more than 5%, according to the latest CDC data.

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October 08, 2024
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Top in ID: Marburg outbreak in Rwanda; Brazil ends lymphatic filariasis health crisis

Top in ID: Marburg outbreak in Rwanda; Brazil ends lymphatic filariasis health crisis

The Rwanda Ministry of Health confirmed six deaths and 26 cases of Marburg virus, a severe viral hemorrhagic virus in the same family as Ebola that is spread by bats.

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October 03, 2024
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Flu vaccine uptake low in Southern Hemisphere, study finds

Flu vaccine uptake low in Southern Hemisphere, study finds

Vaccination reduced influenza-related hospitalizations by around one-third in the Southern Hemisphere this year, according to interim data published Thursday by the CDC.

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August 09, 2024
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Q&A: Back-to-school visits are 'a wonderful time' to focus on vaccinations

Q&A: Back-to-school visits are 'a wonderful time' to focus on vaccinations

This month is one of the most notable for vaccinations in the United States.

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July 19, 2024
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Remember smallpox? It’s worth revisiting

Remember smallpox? It&rsquo;s worth revisiting

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined.

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