Vaccination

Only one human disease has ever been eradicated: smallpox. Efforts are underway to eliminate or eradicate others. Which effort will succeed first? We asked Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, infection control officer at Texas Children’s Hospital.

The AAP opposed an HHS decision authorizing all state-licensed pharmacists to order and administer vaccines to children aged 3 to 18 years.

Researchers used county-level vaccination data and a model that distributed arriving travelers to counties near international airports to estimate the U.S. counties — and international travel routes — at highest risk for measles outbreaks.

Among the medical and media storylines that have surrounded the COVID-19 pandemic, the hunt for a vaccine has largely simmered in the background. Until recently, that is.

A tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate elicited long-term immune responses in children and adults in a phase 2 trial, with seropositivity rates of at least 88% for three of four serotypes 3 years after vaccination.

African American and Latino health care workers should start discussing COVID-19 vaccines with underrepresented groups to help ensure these groups are vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 when a vaccine is available, members of a panel at the National Medical Association’s virtual convention said.

Children born in the months of September through December were significantly more likely to receive an influenza vaccination than those with earlier birthdays, researchers reported.

Flu and pneumonia vaccines appeared linked to reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2020.

A small risk for subdeltoid bursitis was observed among nearly 3 million patients who received an influenza vaccination in the United States, according to a retrospective population-based cohort study.

Vaccinating health care workers (HCWs) against influenza is a clinician and patient safety issue, experts said. It protects them and their patients from illness and ensures that facilities are well-staffed during influenza season.