Vaccination

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.

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.

Misinformation and disruptions in care during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to troubling trends in vaccine uptake among children in the United States, according to Sterling Ransone, MD, FAAFP, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Infants who have been exposed to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in utero should receive the rotavirus vaccine in the first 6 months of life, according to new recommendations from the American College of Rheumatology.

When a tetanus toxoid vaccination is indicated, pediatric patients treated with B-cell depleting therapy in the past 6 months should receive passive immunization, according to updated EULAR vaccine recommendations.

Influenza-like illness conferred increased odds of 30-day stroke in young patients, but vaccination was associated with lower risk compared with non-vaccination, according to data published in Stroke.

More than half of surveyed parents said they were likely to follow the advice of their child’s primary care physician when it came to COVID-19 vaccination, according to results published in Academic Pediatrics.

COVID-19 vaccination “fundamentally altered” the pandemic by saving nearly 20 million lives in the first year that vaccines were available, researchers found using a mathematical model.

It is finally possible to eliminate hepatitis B virus in the United States, as long as a multipronged strategy is used to fully implement new guidance that recommends universal vaccination for adults aged 19 to 59 years, experts said.

Systemic rheumatic disease flares requiring therapy changes after COVID-19 vaccination appear to be uncommon, according to data published in Rheumatology.