Immunization

The advisory board voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend HPV vaccines for people through age 26.

Rotavirus is a contagious viral infection causing gastroenteritis that generally affects infants and young children.

Academic detailing is an educational approach intended to create sustainable practice change and improve decision making. Through academic detailing visits, health care providers share tailored material with each other, with the goal of encouraging the use of evidence-based guidelines.

Although childhood vaccination programs have helped contribute significantly to the positive impact of vaccines on public health, there are no formalized vaccination delivery programs for adults. As a result, vaccination rates are low among this patient population, increasing their susceptibility to serious illness and complications.

Bruce Kneeland, community pharmacy consultant, discusses patient education surrounding vaccinations, in an interview with Pharmacy Times.

Pharmacists can put many safeguards into place to ensure patient safety when providing immunizations.

Actress Jessica Biel’s public comments place her on an ever-growing list of famous people whose opinions are contributing to a resurgence of preventable diseases.

Dogs were previously the leading cause of rabies deaths in the United States, but now bats are considered the major threat.

These 8 apps, offered by organizations such as the pediatric infectious diseases society and the CDC, feature vaccine schedules, risks, and more.

The number of cases of the disease in 2016 was the highest since 1972 and represents a decades-long trend.

Mary Koslap‐Petraco, DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP, Stony Brook University School of Nursing, discusses which vaccines that should be received by infants traveling outside the United States, and at what age they should be administered.

Mary Koslap‐Petraco, DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP, Stony Brook University School of Nursing, discusses the difference between active and passive immunizations, and how they work to prevent disease. This video was filmed at the 2019 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAP NAP) annual meeting in New Orleans.

Health care professionals provide their considerations regarding the future of measles prevention and management.

Measles cases are increasing at an alarming rate, and the antivaccination movement has helped bring back this potentially deadly disease that was once eliminated in the United States.

The influenza vaccine for the 2019-2020 flu season will look different than it has for the past few seasons.

Dengue is endemic in the United States territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Following their analysis of vaccination aversion, experts expand on how health care professionals can educate patients and ensure vaccination.

The CDC is recognizing National Infant Immunization Week as part of the World Immunization Week, an effort of the World Health Organization.

Key opinion leaders address faulty reasoning behind vaccination aversion, for measles or otherwise, given trends in the disease-prevention paradigm.

With measles cases on the rise globally and with an outbreak of measles in communities right here in the United States, adults should ensure they are adequately vaccinated against this serious and potentially fatal disease.

Precancerous cervical lesions, known as high-grade cervical lesions (CIN2+) can develop a few years after infection and have been used to monitor human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine impact since cancers can take decades to develop.

The vaccine will use a cell-based candidate vaccine virus (CVV) for 4 influenza strains identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the upcoming flu season.

Experts provide historical context to measles management and review the current paradigm of disease prevention versus spread.

Plague is a serious medical condition recognized by public health authorities globally as a potential agent of bioterrorism.

Mary Koslap‐Petraco DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP of Stony Brook University School of Nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner House Calls advises nurses to listen to concerned parents and assure them they want the best for their children.