Travel Vaccines

FDA and CDC halt Ixchiq chikungunya vaccine for adults 60 years and older due to severe adverse events, including fatalities, urging caution in vaccination practices.

Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who received the Hecolin hepatitis E virus (HEV) 3-dose regimen had a somewhat low incidence of local and systemic adverse events.

The study shows benefits when Hecolin (HEV 239; Xiamen Innovax Biotech Co Ltd) is administered in 2 doses, rather than the typical 3-dose regimen.

When helping individuals prepare for travel, pharmacists must make travel health recommendations and know common travel-related immunizations and additional resources.

The guidelines emphasize the importance of vaccination, risk assessment, and preparedness for immunocompromised patients who are traveling post-transplant.

The estimated vaccine efficacy was approximately 58%, with only 21 patients in the vaccinated group being diagnosed with mpox.

The authors note that changes in the adolescent guidelines for meningococcal and human papillomavirus vaccines may cause inconsistencies and nonadherence.

A 95% increase in private health center participation, monitoring, assessment, and vaccine coverage can be significant in improving outcomes.

The researchers estimate that pregnancy losses because of malaria and parasitemia risk before conception was reduced by 65% to 86%.

Seroconversion was observed in 95.8% of participants but dropped to 75.6% at the 4-year follow-up.

The investigators of the phase 3b trial (NCT04838444) will continue to follow up with patients for up to 10 years.

A pharmacist with Allegheny Health Network discusses travel vaccines and what resources are valuable when determining which vaccinations are needed prior to travel.

Cases have been detected in 33 US states so far this year, and the virus has recently hospitalized the former Chief Medical Advisor to the President of the US Anthony Fauci.

Pharmacists can help facilitate more organized efforts to improve measles vaccination uptake for children aged 5 and younger by identifying socio-demographic gaps within this population.

The researchers found that unusual and dramatic changes in weather as well as heavy rainfall helped aid in the pathogen’s evolutionary change.

The current outbreak has infected more than 14,000 people and spread to 13 different African countries.

The seroprotection rate of antibody titers was 100% against the 3 viruses, and geometric mean titer also increased from administration to day 43.

This breakthrough can be significant in the development for a vaccine and other preventative measures to protect individuals from leishmaniasis.

The CDC says that even if travel is less than 2 weeks away, unvaccinated individuals should still receive a dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine for protection against the disease.

Staying updated on travel vaccines and applying sunscreen are examples of summer health counseling tips

As Summer Approaches, Many Will Be Planning Vacations and Trips Abroad

As the summer months approach, pharmacists can offer many services to ensure patients remain safe and healthy during their travels.

Not only are pharmacists easily accessible to the public, they are also highly visible as a source for travel immunization services.

Priorix can be administered as a first dose, followed by a second dose of Priorix, or as a second dose to those previously administered the first dose of another MMR-containing vaccine.

They play an indispensable role in the vaccination and management of complex regimens.