Immunization

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Pharmacists recommend an annual flu vaccine to protect patients against influenza-related morbidity and mortality, but do we follow our own advice?

With students heading back to school and flu season on the horizon, pharmacy technicians will soon experience a surge of patients requesting their flu shot and other vaccinations.

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Pharmacist vaccination programs have increased influenza vaccination coverage.

Pharmacists can now administer most vaccines in community pharmacies in most states, including those requiring a multidose series.

Researchers seek to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies to block numerous HIV variants.

Walgreens is now offering vaccinations that provide protection against most strains of serogroup B meningococcal disease at all of its pharmacies.

Miranda Wilheim, PharmD, clinical associate professor at SIUE School of Pharmacy, discusses how pharmacists can increase vaccination rates.

A recent outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease has been seen mostly among men who have sex with men.

Health care providers often frame their immunization promotions by explaining that vaccination protects the individual.

A pharmacist is claiming Walmart discriminated and retaliated against him for his age, his medical condition and medical leave, and his reporting of supposed unlawful conduct at the pharmacy.

Interaction between HIV and the immune system are crucial to eradicating the disease.

Infants can quickly produce novel antibodies that protect against HIV.

With flu season rapidly approaching, pharmacies will once again be filling their refrigerators full of lifesaving influenza vaccines to add to their already extensive vaccine inventory.

During febrile seizures, babies fall unconscious and may convulse. Their eyes may roll back, and their limbs may twitch or become rigid.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals and GeneOne Life Science Inc have received approval to begin a phase 1 human trial for a Zika vaccine.

The nasal spray flu vaccine sold as FluMist Quadravalent shouldn't be used in any setting during the 2016-2017 flu season, according to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Patients with heart failure who have had 3 or more vaccines had a 55% decreased risk of developing dementia.

US adults traveling to cholera-affected areas can now be vaccinated against the disease.

Harnessing the immune system may lead to an effective HIV vaccine strategy.