Vaccines

The new vaccine schedule is 7 days between doses for adults aged 18 to 65, instead of the standard 28 days.

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New surveillance report sheds light on meningococcal disease rates among HIV-infected MSM.

Dale N Gerding, MD, provides insight about prevention options for C diff that are expected in the future.

Colleen Kelley, MD, discusses the possibility of an HIV vaccine and current progress being made in HIV prevention.

Hepatitis A outbreaks are active in 13 states across the United States, yet vaccination is required in only a fraction of them.

Investigators find that severe hospitalization cases of varicella still occur in vaccinated children, yet not vaccinating against the virus confers the greatest threat.

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A social media campaign initiated in Russia may be sowing the seeds of debate surrounding vaccine safety, causing new outbreaks of measles globally.

A universal flu vaccine candidate elicits protective response in mice against multiple strains of the virus.

New recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reveal that health care providers have the intranasally-administered live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) among their arsenal of available vaccines for the 2018-2019 flu season.

The Democratic of the Congo Ministry of Health has authorized the use of 5 experimental Ebola treatments as more than 100 cases of Ebola are reported.

A new study reveals that the quadrivalent HPV catch-up vaccine was most effective against cancer risk in women who received the first dose between the ages of 14 and 20 years.

A total of 107 cases of measles has been reported thus far this year in the United States and the District of Columbia, underscoring the importance of vaccination.

Several outbreaks of mumps in university settings throughout Indiana in 2016 highlight a need for standardized immunization record collection and a third MMR vaccination dose for individuals at increased risk of infection.

In case you missed them, we’ve compiled the top 5 infectious disease articles from this past week.

An experimental HIV-1 vaccine regimen reportedly produced immune responses against HIV in humans and rhesus monkeys.

Varying dose levels of the GEN-003 vaccine were found to be associated with decreased viral shedding and lesion reduction at up to 1 year post-treatment.

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Hepatitis A outbreaks that have been crippling states across the nation since March of 2017 continue to wreak havoc in several cities.

A recent study finds that shortening the rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis regimen is both effective and safe.

Experts continue to recommend that people get the seasonal flu vaccine as the scientific community works toward a universal vaccine offering lifelong protection against multiple strains.

A reported case of the deadly disease was a misdiagnosis, but it is still a warning sign of the troubles facing the South American country.

Researchers are calling for an end to nonmedical exemptions for vaccines in the 18 states that still allow them, saying several metropolitan areas are now vulnerable to measles outbreaks.

Single-dose vaccines delivered via a new technology platform may offer full protection against Zika, Lassa fever, and Ebola.

Xingmin Sun, PhD, shares current progress on developing a vaccine for Clostridium difficile infection.

Xingmin Sun, PhD, discusses aspects that need to be considered before developing a vaccine for Clostridium difficile.

Anne Schuchat, MD, provides some history and insights on CDC’s role in safeguarding public health when the microbial world collides with the human world.

The overall rate of health care personnel receiving flu shots has gone up in recent years, but a new study finds that much of the increase is due to policies held at non-VA hospitals.

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