Vaccines
Commentary
Low HPV Vaccination in the United States Is a Public Health ‘Failure’
For this vaccine, which is incredibly safe and incredibly effective, in this country, only 38.6% have received even a single dose.
News
Predicting RSV’s Role in the Upcoming Winter Respiratory Season
RSV season should be blunted because of the increased use of both the remarkably effective CDC-recommended maternal RSV vaccine and nirsevimab.
Latest News
Whooping Cough Likely on Pace for a 5-Year High
This year in the United States, more than 10,000 whooping cough cases have been reported, compared with 2815 cases in all of 2023.
Commentary
Viral Season 2024-2025: Try for An Ounce of Prevention
In addition to hygiene and self-care we now have vaccinations aimed to prevent COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus.
Latest News
Study Links Newer Shingles Vaccine to Delayed Dementia Diagnosis
The current study made use of a “natural experiment” in the United States, which switched over from use of the live vaccine to the recombinant...
Commentary
New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP
New recommendations and or new vaccinations are available for RSV, COVID, pneumococcal disease, and flu.
Latest News
Don’t Forget Adult Hepatitis Vaccinations
The CDC now recommends universal hepatitis B vaccination and increased vaccination of those at risk for hepatitis A.
Commentary
Online Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close
I’m not going to rely on the penis picture to make the world safe for sex. I think we have to still use the old-fashioned techniques of education...
Conference Coverage
Timing Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients with RA Starting Methotrexate: When’s Best?
Vaccinating against pneumococcal infection prior to starting methotrexate improved humoral response and starting methotrexate 1 month later did...
From the Journals
Could British Columbia Eliminate Cervical Cancer by 2031?
Investigators conduct a modeling study to determine when and how BC might achieve the elimination of cervical cancer.
Feature
Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...