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November 11, 2020
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AMA announces CPT codes for COVID-19 immunizations

The AMA recently updated the CPT code set to include vaccine-specific codes for the COVID-19 vaccines created by Pfizer and Moderna, according to a press release from the medical society.

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November 09, 2020
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JIA guidelines push for timely immunization, early biologic use, fewer corticosteroids

Despite minimal evidence available, authors of the 2020 ACR juvenile idiopathic arthritis guidelines emerged with nearly 50 recommendations, emphasizing early use of biologics, regular immunizations and reduced reliance on corticosteroids.

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October 28, 2020
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Adult vaccination coverage, compliance varies widely by state

Adult vaccination coverage and compliance varies substantially by state, even with adjustments for individual state-characteristics, according to study results presented at IDWeek.

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June 18, 2020
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Typhoid conjugate vaccine safe, effective when administered with meningococcal A

Typhoid conjugate vaccine is safe and effective in children when given with meningococcal A vaccine as part of routine immunization.

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June 17, 2020
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Q&A: Should children be included in COVID-19 vaccine trials?

According to the authors of a recent paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the “true burden” of SARS-CoV-2 in children may be underrepresented based on a number of factors that make them less likely than adults to be tested.

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June 16, 2020
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Few health care workers have medical contraindication to flu vaccine in single-center study

Few health care personnel in a large academic health system who requested a medical waiver for the influenza vaccine had a true medical contraindication, according to findings in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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June 15, 2020
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US parents more hesitant about flu vaccine than routine immunizations

A survey of 2,176 parents in the United States showed that 25.8% were hesitant about getting their children vaccinated against influenza — far more than the 6.1% who were hesitant about routine childhood vaccinations.

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June 05, 2020
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Vaccine summit raises $8.8 billion for child vaccine programs

The Global Vaccine Summit, hosted virtually this week by the government of the United Kingdom, raised $8.8 billion in funding for programs to vaccinate 300 million children by 2025, according to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

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May 19, 2020
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Neonatal tetanus deaths decrease by 85% as elimination efforts continue

Globally, reported cases of neonatal tetanus decreased by 90% from 2000 to 2018 and neonatal deaths from the bacterial infection fell 85%, according to a report published recently in MMWR, which summarized progress toward eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).

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April 29, 2020
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Top stories for World Immunization Week

According to the data from the CDC, 70% of children in the United States aged 19 to 35 months receive the combined seven-vaccine series in 2017. In the past 12 months in the U.S., 50% of children aged 6 months to 17 years, 34% of adults aged 18 to 49 years, 47% of adults aged 50 to 64 years and 69% of adults aged 65 years or older received an influenza vaccination.

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