New studies identify advances in treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
...ent degrees of persistent residual disease started vaccinations with CMLVAX100. Vaccine treatment plans included six vaccinations at two-week intervals. In patients who responded to treatment, additional boosts of vaccine were pr...Wide-spread use of intranasal flu vaccine does not show unexpected serious risks
...2005, VAERS received 460 adverse event reports for vaccinations received from August 2003 through July 2005. No fatalities were reported. There were 7 reports of possible anaphylaxis (hypersensitivity reaction to the injection of a substance resulting from prior contact with a substance), 2 reports of Guillain-Ba...Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers
...eral workers' rights prevent employers from making vaccinations a requirement. Perl says her proposal is open to discussion at Hopkins. "Ultimately, we want to make vaccination as mandatory for workers as the law allows in order to effectively accomplish what we cannot enforce," she says....Hopkins emergency physician warns of post-hurricane disease and illness
...t is strong enough to prevent disease through mass vaccinations and large enough to survive a natural disaster is the best means of guarding population health....Many pediatricians say they would not continue care for families who refuse vaccines
...leagues surveyed pediatricians who provide routine vaccinations in a primary care setting. The survey included questions on the pediatrician's experience and type of practice; a question asking the pediatrician to rate the importance of the seven most common vaccines; and a set of questions about parental vaccine...Intermittent prophylaxis prevents malaria in infants
... a placebo (dummy pill) when they received routine vaccinations and at 12 months of age. Preventive treatment reduced malaria by 25% and anaemia by 35% up to age 15 months. However, malaria levels increased 20% when treatment was stopped in the second year of life. The protective effect was also substantially low...Obesity lowers likelihood of receiving preventive health care
...mined data on mammograms, Pap smears and influenza vaccinations because these preventive services have been shown to be effective in preventing serious illness. The U.S. government has also placed a high priority on these health care services in Healthy People 2010, which identifies the nation's most significan...Cancer drug slows poxvirus in mice
...ty of pathogenic microorganisms," he says. Routine vaccinations for smallpox ended in this country in the early 1970s, and the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1980. Nevertheless, concern remains that smallpox virus could be unleashed through an act of bioterror. For this reason, scientis...What types of physicians are best to treat patients with HIV?
...D specialists. Nonexpert generalists also gave flu vaccinations less frequently and saw their patients less often. Of the 177 physicians examined in the study, 58 percent were generalists and 42 percent were ID specialists. Sixty-three percent of the generalists (37 percent overall) considered themselves expert i...Trumpeting vaccination may only entrench opposition
Extolling the safety and benefits of childhood vaccinations may only serve to strengthen and entrench the positions of those philosophically opposed to them, says new research led by University of Toronto scientists. "Changing attitudes about pediatric vaccination can be challenging," says Dr. Kumanan Wilson,...FDA approves Boostrix a new US vaccine for adolescents against pertussis
...subject had completed his or her routine childhood vaccinations against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis according to the U.S. recommended schedule. According to study results: In both treatment groups, > 99.9 percent of subjects had anti-diphtheria and anti-tetanus concentrations > 0.1 IU/ml, indicat...Lower vaccination rates put children at risk
...ians ask parents about concerns they may have with vaccinations for children, in order to deal with misconceptions. The study showed that 27 per cent of parents whose children had been vaccinated blamed that for adverse events with their children. In one case, a parent blamed the measles vaccination for autism th...Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
...delivered just three times, at the time of routine vaccinations (2, 3 and 9 months of age), reduced the incidence of malaria by 59% in the first year of life when compared with a placebo. (See Lancet 2001; 357: 1471-77) In their latest study they extended follow-up to two years to see if the risk of malaria incre...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
...arental and clinician concerns about the number of vaccinations in early childhood. Jim P. Buttery, F.R.A.C.P., formerly of the University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, U.K., and colleagues conducted a study to determine the immunogenicity and safety of a combination 9-valent pneumococcalgro...