Rabies remains a costly public health threat, says Jefferson virologists
...olling rabies, Dr. Koprowski says, is a "matter of vaccinating wildlife and all domestic animals," he notes that researchers "need to find out how the virus acts at the molecular level. Then we may be able to devise a drug against it." In the meantime, new research continues to look for safer, less expensive and...Docs see missed opportunities for adult, kid vaccinations
...zation rates could get a boost from practices like vaccinating people during unrelated medical visits and creatin...300 hospitalizations could be avoided each year by vaccinating an additional one million elderly people for flu. And previous research suggests that each dollar sp...Vaccine shortage study exposes nations 'patchwork' system
...red patients. Some states restrict physicians from vaccinating a privately insured child with vaccine "borrowed" from their stock of publicly funded vaccine, even in times of shortage. This variation in state practices for handling the public vaccine supply, combined with the variety of private vaccine sources,...Smallpox outbreak response: Targeted vaccination may be almost as effective as mass vaccination
...ith smallpox victims may be almost as effective as vaccinating the entire population, in the event of an outbreak...e level of immunity in the population, possibly by vaccinating first responders or allowing people to be vaccinated if they so choose, would make a post-attack eff...Stanford researcher shows flu shot benefits outweigh costs in healthy young adults
...tes each year. But physicians have debated whether vaccinating healthy, younger adults is worth the time and money. The answer is yes, according to a new study based on a computer model. The study was led by Patrick Lee, MD, a resident in internal medicine at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. "There's been a l...Emory University will conduct clinical trial of anthrax vaccine regimen
...during the Persian Gulf War, the US military began vaccinating soldiers headed to the Persian Gulf. A shortage of vaccine and an exhaustive vaccination schedule that stretched over several years required many soldiers to complete their anthrax immunizations on the battlefield. In 1998, after assessing the thre......pkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that vaccinating poor children against measles significantly improv...ate than male children. The results also show that vaccinating female children for measles significantly raised their chances of survival overall, bringing them to...Measles and pertussis risk higher for children with personal exemptions from immunization
...onnel should be aware of the risks involved in not vaccinating children and the potential impact on the community...ing vaccination should understand the risks of not vaccinating their children, and they urge public health personnel to recognize the potential effect of exemptors...University of Toronto researchers develop potent vaccine for Alzheimer's
...g dementia. While previous studies have shown that vaccinating transgenic mice with this peptide could remove the amyloid plaques, there was never any evidence of improvement in brain function. After developing transgenic mice with amyloid plaques and cognitive impairment similar to those found in human Alzheime...Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet - October 19, 1999
... both children and at-riskelderly persons consider vaccinating all family members....Some HIV patients show no viral rebound after stopping drugs
...striking, because it does suggest thatartificially vaccinating infected patients who are taking drugs may helpmaintain virus at a low level if they stop taking drugs for whatever reason." Suppressing HIV at the lowest possible level is important because theamount of virus in an infected person is the mos...