News tagged with vaccination program
From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold
Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which popula ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Effects of pneumococcal vaccination program on pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease
Using a cross-sectional study, Stefan Flasche and colleagues investigated the effects of the UK pneumococcal vaccination program on serotype-specific carriage and invasive pneumococcal disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Cervical cancer vaccine causing confusion
The public 'recruitment' campaign promoting the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has done little to educate adolescent girls about the cause of the cancer, University of Sydney researchers Kellie Burns ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Vaccinations should continue as influenza pandemics epidemics wane
Influenza pandemics often come in multiple waves. As the one wave subsides, public health officials have to decide whether continuing vaccination programs is warranted to prevent or reduce a subsequent wave. In a new study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Ontario's universal influenza program
A universal program to provide free influenza vaccination to everyone in Ontario, Canada is economically attractive compared to vaccination programs in other Canadian provinces targeting people at high risk of influenza, ...
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Apr 06, 2010 |
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Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
(AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Study: Vaccination of 70 percent of US population could control swine flu pandemic
An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 10, 2009 |
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