Vaccination

The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab is 90% effective at preventing respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in infants, according to research published in MMWR.

COVID-19 vaccination availability was not associated with changes in abnormal uterine bleeding incidence for women of reproductive age, researchers reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Patients with a history of COVID-19 demonstrate a higher risk for new-onset autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, with greater infection severity linked to greater risk, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

In a Healio video exclusive, Gil Y. Melmed, MD, MS, outlines seven principles supported by literature that “help to frame” how providers should address routine preventive vaccination for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

In a new clinical report, the AAP provides strategies to help pediatricians and other health care providers address parental vaccine concerns and increase immunization rates.

Mortality in the United States has returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels for the most part, but several groups continue to experience disparities that existed before March 2020, according to a study.

HPV vaccination with one or two doses at age 12 to 13 years prevents invasive cervical cancer development, researchers reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

A study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed an alarming increase in cervical cancer incidence and mortality among women living in America’s lowest-income counties.

More than one-third of children aged 9 to 17 years in the United States had received one or more HPV vaccines doses as of 2022, according to a new CDC report.

Patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease were around half as likely to die if they were vaccinated against the virus than if they were not, results from a study showed.