The first of these reports discusses vaccination: "Impact of vaccines universally recommended for children--United States, 1900-1998," MMWR 48 (12), 2 April 1999. It is reproduced below in full. The improvements chronicled in the report are especially great with respect to morbidity. In many ...
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While the disease is unpleasant, getting the vaccine can also be uncomfortable. It is a live-virus vaccine, containing chikungunya virus that was weakened in a lab. Live-virus vaccines can be what’s known as reactogenic, making people feel temporarily unwell. In the studies done to support ...
Last week, officials said there been 1,640 cases of myocarditis reported in people under 30 who received Pfizer or Moderna's vaccines as of Oct. 6. Just 877 met the CDC's case definition for myocarditis, and 637 of the reported cases are still under review, they said at the ...
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Should the virus ever mutate to spread easily among humans, the CDC says vaccines have been developed that should "provide reasonable protection against H5N1 influenza viruses." The current seasonal flu vaccine would not help prevent infection with avian flu. ...
According to the CDC and FDA ( and the Health Authorities in Alberta Canada) Covid 19 cannot be identified ……it is the name given to a combination of Common Cold Coronavirus and a multitude of other Animal Viruses that were /are used as the template for testing (PCR) in order to subs...
Reports on the plans of development of the necessary public health infrastructure by the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention. Implementation of an effective national immunization system; Increase in pediatric vaccinations; Contact information.EBSCO_bspHealth Grants & Contracts Weekly...
The U.S. government said it will stop accepting orders for free at-home COVID-19 tests on Friday. This comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on masking, testing and isolation times. Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbil...
CDC Sees Record 100 Million Doses of Flu Vaccines.The article reports on an announcement by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the number of influenza vaccines to be available for the 2006-2007 flue season.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionDoorenJenniferCorbett...