Immunization

Even though kids with neurological disorders are at high risk for flu-related complications, they are no more likely to receive annual flu vaccination than healthy children.

Changes to immunization schedules, a review of this season's flu shot, and potential vaccines in the pipeline were broached at the American Pharmacist Association's Annual Meeting and Exposition session on immunizations.

The FDA today approved a vaccine for active immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and poliomyelitis for children aged 4 to 6 years.

Pharmacists can serve as an important resource for patients traveling abroad.

Prefilled syringe use offers advantages that can help pharmacists improve quality of care.

On the heels of a 4-day mass vaccination clinic on campus to prevent the spread of meningococcemia, a fifth student at the University of Oregon was diagnosed with the bacterial precursor to meningitis.

Without allocating more funds toward human papillomavirus vaccinations, there may be better public health results if funds were devoted to vaccinating boys as well as girls.

In light of an ongoing influx of new and novel vaccines, an ever-increasing array of combination vaccines, special precautions associated with certain vaccines, and frequently changing immunization recommendations, it is crucial that pharmacies and other practice sites examine their processes and implement risk-reduction strategies.

Quality metrics for desired patient outcomes guide the collaborative efforts of the health care team.

The new Gardasil vaccine protects against 9 different strains of the virus.

Fed up with alleged unpaid overtime and missed rest periods, a Walmart pharmacist is fighting back against the retail giant with a class action suit.

Walgreens' firing of a pharmacist who refused to administer flu vaccines on moral grounds was within the pharmacy giant's rights, according to a federal judge.

A bacterial precursor to meningitis has been blamed for the death of a University of Oregon (UO) student, and now a University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) student is recuperating in the hospital from the same type of infection.

A vaccine therapy that stimulates the body's own immune defenses is safe to give to prostate cancer patients early in the disease's progression, a recent study found.

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that this season's flu vaccine is reducing the risk of medical visits associated with influenza by 23%.

A new drug candidate developed by scientists from more than a dozen research institutions may function as an effective HIV-1 vaccine.

As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to report more measles infections, the University of California is taking a strong stance on immunization.

Downplaying the gravity of measles is common among those who grew up in a measles-free world due to the success of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. However, a portion of that success relies on continued vaccination.

The current measles outbreak across 14 US states indicates that too few individuals are being vaccinated to prevent infections, according to Jason Gallagher, a clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases at Temple University.

The 102 measles infections reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since December indicate the consequences of low vaccination rates in certain communities, as well as the public health crisis that could occur if patients continue to decline immunizations.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), issued the following statement on the important role childhood and lifespan vaccinations play in protecting personal and public health.

As the measles outbreak linked to Disneyland continues to spread, pediatricians are deeply concerned about the children who have been infected, and those who are at risk because they have not been vaccinated. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly urges parents to make sure their children have received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

The recent California measles outbreak appears to have galvanized the public's attention in a way earlier outbreaks have not, putting the anti-vaccine movement on the defensive.

New research reports that the influenza vaccination rate among nursing home staff is only 54%, which may jeopardize their patients' health.