Vaccines

Practice Alert

Vaccine update: The latest from ACIP

Author:
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

ACIP has combined 2 vaccine schedules into a single schedule for infants, children, and adolescents. It also recommends the Tdap vaccine for those...

Applied Evidence

The refugee medical exam: What you need to do

Author:
Douglas Bishop, MD
Marc Altshuler, MD
Kevin Scott, MD
Jeffrey Panzer, MD
Geoffrey Mills, MD, PhD
Patrick McManus, MD

Refugees arrive in this country with complex medical needs. Here’s how best to care for these patients during the initial medical examination, and...

Practice Alert

Meningococcal vaccine for infants?

Author:
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

With the incidence of meningococcal disease declining in all age groups, ACIP is weighing the need for vaccination in children <2 years.

Practice Alert

Meningococcal vaccine for infants?

Author:
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

With the incidence of meningococcal disease declining in all age groups, ACIP is weighing the need for vaccination in children <2 years.

Practice Alert

ACIP immunization update

Author:
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

Males ages 11 to 12 years should routinely receive quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus; patients through age 59 years who have...

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