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23 May
Parent Concerns about HPV Vaccine Safety Growing, Study Finds
More than 1 out of 4 parents remain reluctant to vaccinate their preteens against HPV despite growing evidence of the vaccine’s safety, researchers say.
20 Apr
Science May Be One Step Closer to Universal Flu Vaccine
Experimental flu vaccine may ward off multiple strains of the virus for a longer period of time, study finds.
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U.S. Mpox Cases Rising Again as Vaccinations Lag
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- March 28, 2024
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Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data shows.
In response, public health experts have raised alarms about the increase and stressed that vaccina...
ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- March 26, 2024
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TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot.
Just ask them to.
And then reinforce the invitation with a little video and print encouragement.
"Our study adds...
CDC, AMA Issue Calls to Get Vaccinated Against Measles
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 19, 2024
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Two of America's leading health organizations are highlighting a global rise in measles cases as yet another reason for families to make sure they get...
Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- March 18, 2024
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As millions of Americans prepare to travel abroad this summer and measles outbreaks increase worldwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidance on how travelers should handle the potential health threat.
Americans planning to fly to...
Real World Data Shows RSV Shot Cut Infant Hospitalizations by 90%
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 11, 2024
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Real-world data show that a shot that protects babies against RSV is 90% effective in keeping them out of the hospital.
Those numbers outstrip what had been expected of Beyfortus (nirse...
COVID Virus Lingers in Tissues for Over a Year
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 11, 2024
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The COVID-19 virus can linger in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after they’ve shaken their initial infection, new findings show.
Breastfeeding After COVID Booster Passes Protective Antibodies to Baby
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 6, 2024
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There's more evidence bolstering the health effects of both breastfeeding and the COVID booster shot: Vaccinated, breastfeeding moms appear to pass COVID-fighting antibodies to their infants.
That's important, since babies under the age of 6 months aren't eligible for t...
Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 4, 2024
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As new outbreaks of measles -- a once nearly eliminated illness in the United States -- continue to emerge, experts remind Americans that there's an easy way to stop infection: Get vaccinated.
"Measles spreads so easily that if one person has it, 90% of the people close ...
Changes in Gay Men's Behaviors, Not Vaccine, Halted Mpox Outbreak
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 29, 2024
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New research finds the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men began to slow down after just a few months -- even though just 8% of high-risk people had received the mpox vaccine.
That suggests that it was changes in gay and bisexual men's sexual behaviors, not the...
CDC Experts Recommend Seniors Get Another COVID Shot
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 29, 2024
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Even if they got a COVID booster last fall, American seniors should still get a second shot this spring to best protect themselves, U.S. health officials recommended Wednesday.
The latest guidance, voted on by a vaccine advisory panel and endorsed by the U.S. Centers for...
What Is Measles, and How Can I Shield Myself & My Family?
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 28, 2024
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Once thought to be a bygone disease, measles is making a comeback in the United States and globally as folks shun a safe, surefire way to prevent it: The measles vaccine.
Which Families Are Less Likely to Get Teens the HPV Vaccine?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 27, 2024
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Well-to-do American families are more likely than poorer families to increase their children's risk of cervical cancer by skipping the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, a new study has found.
Nearly two-thirds of well-off parents (65%) do not intend to seek out the HPV...
Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 23, 2024
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Amid an outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school, the state's surgeon general has defied federal health guidance and told parents it's up to them whether they want to keep their unvaccinated child home to avoid infection.
CDC May Recommend COVID Boosters for Some This Spring
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 16, 2024
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing whether to recommend another COVID booster shot this spring, most likely for those who are vulnerable to severe illness.
An advisory panel to the CDC is expected to vote on whether to recommend a spring boos...
Wrong RSV Shots Given to Some Pregnant Women, Young Kids
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- February 15, 2024
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More than two dozen toddlers and at least 128 pregnant women received RSV vaccines they should not have gotten, U.S. health officials say.
The mixup, reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...
Americans Have One Trusted Source for Info on COVID Vaccines
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 8, 2024
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A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows.
Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against COVID, despite their initial hesitancy or resistance, acco...
High-Risk Strains of HPV Could Raise Women's Odds for Heart Death
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 7, 2024
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Women are four times more likely to die from heart disease and six times more likely to die from stroke if infected with a high-risk strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), a new study warns.
HPV already is known to cause most cervical cancers, and previous research has su...
More Evidence COVID Shot in Pregnancy Is Safe, Healthy for Babies
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 6, 2024
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The COVID-19 vaccine given to pregnant women does no harm to their unborn babies, and can actually lower the risk of serious complications in newborns, a new study finds.
Babies born to women who received the COVID vaccine had half the death rate of those born to unvacc...
Vaccines May Work Better if Arms Are Alternated for Each Shot
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 6, 2024
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When getting vaccines, switching arms for each dose may produce greater immunity than having the jabs delivered into the same arm.
That's the finding from a new study that looked at the first two doses of COVID vacci...
Latest COVID Vaccine Shields Against Current Dominant Strain
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2024
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In some good news for those folks who rolled up their sleeves for the latest COVID vaccine last fall, new government research shows the updated shots halve the chances of getting a symptomatic infection.
“Everything from this study is reassuring that the vaccines are p...
Study Looks at COVID Threat to Folks With Weakened Immune Systems
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 29, 2024
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It's long been known that people with immune deficiencies are at increased risk for severe COVID.
But a new study shows the threat varies dramatically based on how severe that immune suppression is and the reason behind it, researchers report in the Jan. 24 issue of the ...
Cervical Cancer Rates Are on the Rise Among the Poor
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2024
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Women in poorer areas of the United States have experienced a dramatic increase in advanced cervical cancer, a new study shows.
Late-stage cervical cancer cases and deaths have gone up in U.S. counties with an average household income of between $19,330 and $38,820, rese...
Single Dose of New Typhoid Vaccine Protects Kids Long-Term
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2024
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While largely eliminated in more affluent nations, typhoid remains a deadly scourge in developing countries, killing more than 110,000 children every year.
Children in endemic areas -- mainly sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia -- have new reason to hope, however, with...
Vaccination Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 16, 2024
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Vaccination can protect young people -- particularly teenagers-- against long COVID, a new study finds.
Records of more than 1 million U.S. kids showed that the COVID jab can effectively shield kids from long-term health problems related to the infection, according to fi...
A 'Universal' COVID Vaccine Could Save Billions If Another Pandemic Strikes
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 12, 2024
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A universal coronavirus vaccine could have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars if one had been available prior to the pandemic, a new study argues.
Further, a universal vaccine -- one that targets parts of the virus common to all coronaviruses -- could still ...
COVID Can Threaten Sickle Cell Patients, But Too Few Are Vaccinated
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 12, 2024
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Sickle cell disease is one of many chronic health conditions that dramatically increases the risk of hospitalization and death in people infected by COVID-19.
Unfortunately, folks with sickle cell disease are much less likely to have received the best protection availabl...
Could Antibody Discovery Lead to Better Flu Vaccines?
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- December 29, 2023
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Researchers appear to have discovered a new weapon in the war on a particularly difficult foe.
They have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies that seem to be capable of neutralizing multiple strains of the flu virus.
Their findings, recently rep...
JN.1 Variant Now Behind Nearly Half of U.S. COVID Cases
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 28, 2023
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As Americans travel far and wide to see family and friends this holiday season, a new COVID variant named JN.1 has become dominant across the country.
A descendant of the variant BA.2.86, JN.1 now accounts for 44 percent of COVID cases, up from roughly 7 percent in late ...
Anti-Vaxxers More Likely to Skip Vaccinating Their Pets, Survey Finds
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 27, 2023
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People whose beliefs or concerns make them hesitant to get vaccinated are also likely to forgo vaccinating their pets, new research shows.
That could threaten the health of people and their four-legged friends, researchers said.
“Decreasing pet vaccination rates ...
WHO Declares JN.1 a COVID Variant of Interest as It Spreads Widely
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 20, 2023
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The new COVID variant known as JN.1 was named a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, which means health officials are now closely tracking its rapid spread across the globe.
So far, the highly mutated variant has not been shown to trigger mo...
Most U.S. Parents Plan to Vaccinate Kids Against Flu, RSV: Survey
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 18, 2023
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Most parents plan to have their kids vaccinated against influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), even as COVID-19 vaccine acceptance flags, a new poll finds.
Seven in 10 parents (71%) plan to have their children get an RSV jab and six in 10 (63%) plan to get thei...
New Melanoma Treatment Vaccine Shows Promise in Trial
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2023
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A new melanoma vaccine has shown its mettle in battling the deadly skin cancer in a new trial.
People with advanced melanomas who received the vaccine plus Merck's cancer drug Keytruda were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return after three years than those w...
Too Few Americans Are Getting Vaccinated for Flu, COVID & RSV, CDC Warns
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2023
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Low vaccination rates for the flu, RSV and COVID-19 are putting Americans at higher risk for severe illness and hospitalization this winter, a new government alert warned Thursday.
There is an “urgent need” to boost vaccination rates as the trio of viruses spread thr...
As Congo Outbreak Continues, Study Finds Low-Dose Mpox Vaccine Still Offers Protection
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 14, 2023
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Mpox is making headlines again, as an outbreak of severe disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa has infected thousands of people and killed hundreds.
Amid this worrying scenario, researchers at New York University (NYU) offer a glimmer of good news: Smalle...
Respiratory Illnesses in China Not Caused by New Virus, CDC Director Testifies
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 1, 2023
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FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 (Healthday News) -- In testimony provided Thursday to members of Congress, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a surge in respiratory illnesses in China is not being fueled by a new virus.
Instead, the spike can ...
New COVID Variant Takes Hold in the United States
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 28, 2023
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, new government data shows.
Now, nearly 1 in 10 new COVID cases are fueled by the BA.2.86 variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
CDC to Release Infants' RSV Shots to Help Ease Shortage
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 16, 2023
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To address a continuing nationwide shortage, more than 77,000 doses of RSV shots for infants were released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The additional doses are of Beyfortus, a long-acting mono...
Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Killing 136,000 Last Year
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 16, 2023
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Measles deaths are surging worldwide, prompted by a wave of infections among unvaccinated children, public health experts say.
Deaths from measles increased by 43% globally in 2022 compared to the year before, resulting from an 18% increase in measles cases, the World He...
Childhood Vaccine Exemptons Hit Highest Level Yet: CDC
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 10, 2023
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FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (Healthday News) -- In a sign that suggests many American parents have become dubious about the safety of childhood vaccines, new government data shows that immunization exemptions for kindergartners have reached their highest levels ever.
The lates...
FDA Approves First Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 10, 2023
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FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The first vaccine to prevent infection with the chikungunya virus was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
The single-dose shot, known as Ixchiq, is approved for adults who are at increased risk of expos...
Best Way to Prevent Cervical Cancers: Immunize Boys Against HPV, Too
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 9, 2023
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The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues.
That way, herd immunity could help eradicate the cancer-causing virus, researchers say.
Cancer-related HPV strains declined significantly in Finnish...
COVID Vaccine Won't Raise Miscarriage Risk
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 7, 2023
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A new study provides deeper insight into the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people planning to become pregnant.
Boston University researchers found no increased risk of early or late-term miscarriage resulting from either the male or the female partner getting a COVID-1...
At-Home, Inhaled Flu Vaccine Could Be on Horizon
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- October 31, 2023
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Getting a yearly flu shot is one of the best ways to protect yourself from infection or severe illness, but not everyone likes shots.
Now, there is some potentially good news for those who fear needles: A nasal spray flu vaccine that you can take or give at home is on th...
Just 7% of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Updated COVID Vaccine
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 27, 2023
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Fewer Americans are rolling up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 shot, leading health experts to call for a stepped-up vaccination campaign.
Only 7% of adults and 2% of children in the United States have received the new vaccine, a nationwide survey conducted two we...
Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 26, 2023
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A new vaccine recommended Wednesday by independent advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide more comprehensive protection from meningitis.
The shot would protect against five types of bacteria causing meningococcal disease, one more t...
CDC Advisors Say High-Risk Men Should Still Get MPox Vaccine
- Robin Foster and Ernie Mundell and Cara Murez HealthDay Reporters
- October 26, 2023
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High-risk men should still get their mpox vaccinations even after the ongoing outbreak ends, advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday.
That vulnerable group includes men who have sex with men; people who have more than one sex...
Shortage of Shots That Protect Babies Against RSV Prompts CDC Alert
- Robin Foster and Cara Murez and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporters
- October 24, 2023
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Demand for a new shot that protects babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has outpaced supply, prompting U.S. health officials to recommend the doses be saved for high-risk infants.
In an alert post...
Pandemic Didn't Lower Parents' Trust in Childhood Vaccines
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- October 23, 2023
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Lots of vaccine disinformation spread during the pandemic, and doctors worried that may have given some parents pause about not only the risks of the COVID shot, but of childhood vaccines as well.
Now, new research puts that worry to rest.
“We did not see a signi...
Getting COVID Raises Odds for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Vaccination Lowers Risk
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 18, 2023
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COVID infection can raise the risk of a rare immune system attack on the body's nerves -- but vaccination might protect against it, a large new study suggests.
The study, of more than 3 million Israeli adults and teenagers, found that COVID infection was linked to a subs...
More Than 7 Million Americans Have Gotten the New COVID Shots
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 13, 2023
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Following a rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines.
Unfortunately, that's still lagging behind the number who sought booster shots last fall. For the the first updated booster...