Because up to 65% of patients with asymptomatic Sjögren’s syndrome will have abnormal pulmonary imaging, pulmonologists can play a significant role in the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome.
Types of COVID-19 vaccines in the US, including those approved by the FDA under Emergency Use Authorization, as well as other investigational products currently in Phase 3 clinical trials.
While several cases of facial paralysis were observed during the phase 3 clinical trials of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, a causal relationship could not be established. With the US Food and Drug Administration recommending monitoring of vaccine recipients, the researchers looked at a disproportionality analysis using the WHO’s pharmacovigilance database, VigiBase.
The CDC’s Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated recommendations regarding the use of anthrax vaccine in the US.
Vaccine effectiveness and severity of current and prior seasons of influenza have demonstrated no association with vaccination rate in children, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Compared with other pediatric and adolescent vaccines, the influenza vaccination rate remains low in children. Although many reasons may affect whether a child is vaccinated, the extent…
The most important factors in deciding whether or not to stock adult vaccines were found to be economic in nature.
Only 1 in 3 mothers-to-be receive both influenza and Tdap vaccines, according to a CDC report.
The ACIP has issued new guidelines for the prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines for the 2019–2020 season.
Compared with the standard-dose influenza vaccine, a high-dose quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine, GC3114, may provide a more effective influenza vaccine option for the elderly population.
In conjunction with its release of the adult guidelines earlier this year, the ACIP earlier this year has issued an annual update on pediatric immunization schedules.
