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麻豆传媒: Vaginal immune system may hint at prime vaccine timing
Released: 7-Oct-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Vaginal immune system may hint at prime vaccine timing
University of Washington School of Medicine

A meta-analysis of 32 studies showed that the immune system within the vagina ebbs and flows, depending on menstrual-cycle stage. The analysis identified 53 distinct messages that immune cells sent to one another.

Released: 16-Sep-2021 4:35 PM EDT
Link between menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination is plausible and should be investigated
BMJ

Some women say their periods change after getting a covid-19 vaccination.

2-Feb-2010 9:00 AM EST
More Smokers than Non-Smokers Accept HPV Vaccination for Their Daughters
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

1) Cigarette smokers may have heightened cancer awareness, making them more open to vaccination for cancer prevention; 2) Physical activity also associated with greater vaccine acceptance; 3) Users of complementary and alternative therapy are less accepting of vaccine.

Released: 3-Feb-2010 2:00 PM EST
Study Supports Seasonal Influenza Vaccine for Young Infants
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Vaccination against seasonal influenza is safe and produces a protective immune response in infants as young as 6 to 12 weeks, concludes a study in the February issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Released: 2-Feb-2010 5:00 PM EST
Research Retraction Breaks Link Between Autism and Mmr Vaccine, Says Neurologist
University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Lancet, a premier British medical journal, today retracted a study published in 1998 that drew a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and increased incidence of autism. Alan Percy, M.D., professor of pediatric neurology and medical director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Civitan International Research Center, said the retracted study鈥檚 findings long have been questioned by the scientific community.

Released: 26-Jan-2010 9:00 PM EST
Proper Vaccine Refrigeration Vital to Putting Disease on Ice
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Researchers from NIST and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have completed the first of a series of tests to determine best practices for properly storing and monitoring the temperature of refrigerated vaccines.

Released: 26-Jan-2010 1:30 PM EST
Doctors Drive H1N1 Vaccination Rates
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

C.S. Mott Children鈥檚 Hospital National Poll on Children鈥檚 Health finds H1N1 immunization rates are more than twice the national average if health care providers strongly recommend H1N1 vaccine

24-Jan-2010 11:00 AM EST
Vaccine Approach Extends Life of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Metastatic prostate cancer patients who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations.

Released: 20-Jan-2010 2:00 PM EST
Prompt Vaccination Reduces Chickenpox Risk After Exposure
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For people who haven't had chickenpox and are exposed to an ill family member, getting vaccinated within five days can reduce the risk of developing chickenpox鈥攐r at least reduce the severity of disease, reports a study in the January issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Released: 12-Jan-2010 3:45 PM EST
The HPV Vaccine: What Have We Learned?
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Expert at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center provide insight to parents based on what we've learned about about the HPV vaccine in the past four years.

18-Dec-2009 10:45 AM EST
Childhood Vaccination Gaps Narrowing in U.S.
Health Behavior 麻豆传媒 Service

About three-quarters of U.S. children received recommended vaccinations in 2008, up from about half in 2000, reports a new study from the CDC.

Released: 18-Dec-2009 1:05 PM EST
Calming the Public's Fears about the Pediatic H1N1 Vaccine Recall
Rutgers University

The NJ Poison Control Center's Hotline is telling callers there is no danger if their children received the H1N1 vaccine that was recalled by Sanofi Pasteur, according to Bruce Ruck, Pharm.D., UMDNJ Director of Drug Information and Professional Education.

Released: 14-Dec-2009 11:20 AM EST
Research Reveals Further Progress Toward AIDS Vaccine
Thomas Jefferson University

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.

Released: 8-Dec-2009 10:40 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Establishes International Vaccine Access Center
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has established the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) to increase access to lifesaving vaccines by overcoming many of the obstacles that often delay vaccine usage and distribution.

3-Dec-2009 3:15 PM EST
Seasonal Flu Shot Awareness High in Hispanics, Vaccination Rates Lower
Health Behavior 麻豆传媒 Service

Although there is high awareness of the need for seasonal influenza vaccines, a new study of Hispanics in one California county shows low rates of actual vaccination, especially among men.

Released: 2-Dec-2009 4:05 PM EST
Chickenpox Vaccination May be Reducing Shingles Risk in Kids
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Vaccination to prevent chickenpox (varicella) appears to have an added benefit for children鈥攁 reduced risk of shingles (herpes zoster) according to a study in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Released: 11-Nov-2009 10:15 AM EST
Drug Industry, Nonprofits Join Forces to Fight World鈥檚 Neglected Diseases
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called 鈥渘eglected鈥 diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and other conditions. That鈥檚 the topic of the cover story scheduled for the current issue of Chemical & Engineering 麻豆传媒, ACS鈥 weekly newsmagazine.

Released: 10-Nov-2009 8:30 AM EST
HPV Vaccine Clears Viral Infection and May Reduce Cancerous Lesions
Cancer Research Institute

A new vaccine designed to stimulate an immune response against a cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV-16) can eliminate chronic infection by the virus and may cause regression of precancerous genital lesions in women who receive the vaccine.

Released: 30-Oct-2009 11:00 AM EDT
Study Examines Mercury in Vaccines
Rochester General Health System

Study of potential risks to children when thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative, is used in childhood vaccines.

Released: 28-Oct-2009 3:25 PM EDT
Depressed Pregnant Women Could Be at Higher Risk for Severe Response to Flu Infection
Ohio State University

Pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression tend to have a stronger biological reaction to the seasonal flu vaccine than do women with lower depression levels, according to a new study.



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