Vaccination

The FDA has approved Merck’s 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which is specifically made for adults, the company announced.

Vaccinations can be safe and effective during dupilumab treatment, according to the consensus of a panel published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

In this video, Uma Mahadevan, MD, director of the Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke with Healio about a consensus conference on the management of IBD in pregnancy.

Many immigrant communities are at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases because of low and declining vaccination coverage, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

According to Ashley L. Sumrall, MD, there’s not a great deal of difference between a practicing oncologist and a physician advocate.

COVID-19 vaccination decreased the risk for CV events, hospitalization and death among patients with HF, according to a poster presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure 2024 meeting.

Men vaccinated for HPV less frequently developed all related cancers, particularly head and neck cancers, according to findings scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

In France, HPV vaccination at school significantly increased vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 11 to 14 years, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

A county in Kentucky has declared a pertussis outbreak following the confirmation of nine cases since late April, including three this past Monday.

COVID-19 antibodies are significantly reduced by 6 months post-vaccination among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.